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Cleveland Company Manufactures Two Products, Product A-33 and Product C-17

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Cleveland Company manufactures two products, Product A-33 and Product C-17. Product C-17 is the more complex of the two products, requiring 1.5 hours of direct labor per unit to manufacture compared to 1.0 hour of direct labor time for Product A-33. Product C-17 is produced on an automated production line.
The company estimated it would incur $510,000 in manufacturing overhead costs and produce 10,000 units of Product C-17 and 40,000 units of Product A-33 during the current year.
Unit costs for materials and labor are:
 Product A-33  Produet C-17  Direct material $13$21 Direct labor $6$9\begin{array} { l l l } & \text { Product A-33 } & \text { Produet C-17 } \\\text { Direct material } & \$ 13 & \$ 21 \\\text { Direct labor } & \$ 6 & \$ 9\end{array} Required:
The company is considering the use of activity-based costing as an alternative to its current traditional costing method for manufacturing overhead. Data relating to the company's activity cost pools for the current year are given below:
 Activity cost pool  Total cost  Product A-33  Product C-17  Total  Machine setups required $253,0008001,6002,400 Purchase orders issued 72,500500100600 Machine-hours required 184,5007,00010,50017,500 Total $510,000\begin{array} { l l l l l } \text { Activity cost pool } & \text { Total cost } & \text { Product A-33 } & \text { Product C-17 } & \text { Total } \\\text { Machine setups required } & \$ 253,000 & 800 & 1,600 & 2,400 \\\text { Purchase orders issued } & 72,500 & 500 & 100 & 600 \\\text { Machine-hours required } & \underline { 184,500 } & 7,000 & 10,500 & 17,500 \\\text { Total } & & & & \$ 510,000 \\\end{array} Using the data above, determine the unit product cost of Product A-33 for the current year.

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