Camping Suppliers,Inc Other Product Information Is as Follows Required:

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Camping Suppliers,Inc.manufactures two types of safety strobe lights,one that is visible for one mile and one that is visible for two miles.Manufacturing overhead has been applied on the basis of direct labor costs.Camping Suppliers has gathered some activity information and is interested in implementing an activity-based costing system.The company wants all overhead costs to be allocated to products.The overhead cost pools and activity drivers are as follows:
$$\begin{array}{lcl}\textbf { Activity Pool } & \textbf { Overhead Costs } & \textbf { Total Driver Usage } \\\hline \text { Machine setup } & \$ 32,000 & 500 \text { setups } \\\text { Assembly } & \underline{36,000} & 12,000 \text { machine hours } \\\text { Total overhead costs } & \underline{\underline{\$ 68,000}} &\end{array}$$ Other product information is as follows:
$$\begin{array}{lcc} & \underline{\textbf { One-Mile }} & \underline{\textbf { Two-Mile }} \\\text { Units produced } & 20,000 & 12,000 \\\text { Direct material } & \$ 6 \text { per unit } & \$ 8 \text { per unit } \\\quad\text { Direct labor } & \$ 8 \text { per unit } & \$ 10 \text { per unit } \\\text { Direct labor cost } & \$ 20,000 & \$ 14,000 \\\text { Machine setups } & 150 & 350 \\\text { Machine hours } & 4,000 & 8,000\end{array}$$

Required:

a. Using the traditional method, calculate the predetermined overhead rate as a percentage of direct labor cost.

b. Using the activity-based costing approach, determine the two activity rates.

c. Using the activity-based costing approach, determine the unit product cost for the one mile light.