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Velshi Printers has contracts to complete weekly supplements required by forty-six customers.For the year 2015,manufacturing overhead cost estimates total $840,000 for an annual production capacity of 12 million pages. For 2015 Velshi Printers has decided to evaluate the use of additional cost pools.After analyzing manufacturing overhead costs,it was determined that number of design changes,setups,and inspections are the primary manufacturing overhead cost drivers.The following information was gathered during the analysis:
 Cost pool  Manufacturing overhead costs  Activity level  Design changes $120,000300 design changes  Setups 640,0005,000 setups  Inspections 80,0008,000 inspections  Total manufacturing overhead costs $840,000\begin{array} { l r r } \text { Cost pool } & \text { Manufacturing overhead costs } & \text { Activity level } \\\text { Design changes } & \$ 120,000 & 300 \text { design changes } \\\text { Setups } & 640,000 & 5,000 \text { setups } \\\text { Inspections } & \underline{80,000} & 8,000 \text { inspections } \\\text { Total manufacturing overhead costs } & \$ 840,000 &\end{array} During 2015,two customers,Money Managers and Hospital Systems,are expected to use the following printing services:
 Activity  Money Managers  Hospital Systems  Pages 60,00076,000 Design changes 100 Setups 2010 Inspections 3038\begin{array} { l r r } \text { Activity } & \text { Money Managers } & \text { Hospital Systems } \\\text { Pages } & 60,000 & 76,000 \\\text { Design changes } & 10 & 0 \\\text { Setups } & 20 & 10 \\\text { Inspections } & 30 & 38\end{array} When costs are assigned using the single cost driver,number of pages printed,then ________.


A) Velshi Printers will want to retain this highly profitable customer
B) Money Managers will likely seek to do business with competitors
C) Money Managers is unfairly over billed for its use of printing resources
D) Money Managers is grossly under billed for the job, while other jobs will be unfairly over billed

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