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Books Company Manufactures and Sells Two Products: Soft Cover (S)

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Books Company manufactures and sells two products: Soft Cover (S) and Hard Cover (H). The firm's activities have been analyzed and placed into a hierarchy of activity costs. Presented is information on activity cost drivers and costs per unit of cost driver at each activity level.  Activity Level  Activity  Cost  Unit level X11, S acquire direct materials b11,£6X12, H acquire direct materials b12,£10X13, S other manufacturing costs b1,£2X14, H other manufacturing costs b14,£4 Batch level X21, S setup b21,£200X2, H setup b22,£300 Product level X31, S advertising b31,£20,000X32, H advertising b32,£30,000 Facility level X41, Rent b41,£10,000\begin{array} { l l l } \text { Activity Level } & \text { Activity } & \text { Cost } \\\text { Unit level } & X _ { 11 } , \text { S acquire direct materials } & b _ { 11 } , £ 6 \\& X _ { 12 } , \text { H acquire direct materials } & b _ { 12 } , £ 10 \\& X _ { 13 } , \text { S other manufacturing costs } & b _ { 1 } , £ 2 \\& X _ { 14 } , \text { H other manufacturing costs } & b _ { 14 } , £ 4 \\\text { Batch level } & X _ { 21 } , \text { S setup } & b _ { 21 } , £ 200 \\& X _ { 2 } , \text { H setup } & b _ { 22 } , £ 300 \\\text { Product level } & X _ { 31 } , \text { S advertising } & b _ { 31 } , £ 20,000 \\& X _ { 32 } , \text { H advertising } & b _ { 32 } , £ 30,000 \\\text { Facility level } & X _ { 41 } , \text { Rent } & b _ { 41 } , £ 10,000\end{array} During January 2012, Books Company produced 10,000 units of Soft Covers and 5,000 units of Hard Covers. Each batch of products includes 1,000 units of Soft Covers or 1,000 units of Hard Covers.

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