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Bustle Manufacturing Corporation has a traditional costing system in which it applies manufacturing overhead to its products using a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours (DLHs).The company has two products,Z68W and K07E,about which it has provided the following data:
The company's estimated total manufacturing overhead for the year is $1,809,600 and the company's estimated total direct labor-hours for the year is 26,000.
The company is considering using a variation of activity-based costing to determine its unit product costs for external reports.Data for this proposed activity-based costing system appear below:
 Z68W  K07E  Direct materials per unit.......... $14.90$44.30 Direct labor per unit.............. $4.20$25.20 Direct labor-hours per unit...... 0.201.20 Annual production................. 40,00015,000\begin{array}{lrr}&\text { Z68W }&\text { K07E }\\\text { Direct materials per unit.......... } & \$ 14.90 & \$ 44.30 \\\text { Direct labor per unit.............. } & \$ 4.20 & \$ 25.20 \\\text { Direct labor-hours per unit...... } & 0.20 & 1.20 \\\text { Annual production................. } & 40,000 & 15,000\end{array}
Activities and Activity Measures  Estimated Overhead Cost  Assembling products (DLHs)................. $702,000 Preparing batches (batches) ................. 132,600Milling (MHs)........................................ 975,000 Total.................................................... 1,809,600 \begin{array}{lc} \text {Activities and Activity Measures } &\text { Estimated Overhead Cost }\\ \text { Assembling products (DLHs)................. } &\$702,000\\ \text { Preparing batches (batches) ................. } &132,600\\ \text {Milling (MHs)........................................ } &\underline{975,000}\\ \text { Total.................................................... } &\underline{\underline{1,809,600}}\\ \text { } &\\\end{array}
ActivitiesAssembling products....Preparing batches.........Milling......................... Z68W K07E Total 8,00018,00026,0008844421,3267021.2481.950\begin{array}{c}\begin{array}{lll} \text {Activities}\\ \text {Assembling products....}\\ \text {Preparing batches.........}\\ \text {Milling.........................}\end{array}\begin{array}{lll}\text { Z68W}&\text { K07E }&\text {Total }\\8,000 & 18,000 & 26,000 \\884 & 442 & 1,326 \\702 & 1.248 & 1.950\end{array}\end{array}
Required:
a.Determine the unit product cost of each of the company's two products under the traditional costing system.
b.Determine the unit product cost of each of the company's two products under activity-based costing system.

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