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Cassidy 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,VIP and Kommander,about which it has provided the following data:
 VIP  Kommander  Direct materials per unit $27.50$62.10 Direct labor per unit $15.60$52.00 Direct labor-hours per unit 0.602.00 Annual production 40,00015,000\begin{array} { | l | r | r | } \hline & \text { VIP } & \text { Kommander } \\\hline \text { Direct materials per unit } & \$ 27.50 & \$ 62.10 \\\hline \text { Direct labor per unit } & \$ 15.60 & \$ 52.00 \\\hline \text { Direct labor-hours per unit } & 0.60 & 2.00 \\\hline \text { Annual production } & 40,000 & 15,000 \\\hline\end{array}
The company's estimated total manufacturing overhead for the year is $2,449,440 and the company's estimated total direct labor-hours for the year is 54,000.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:
 Activities and Actirity  Measures  Estimeted Overhead  cost Supporting direct labor (DLHs)  $918,000 Setting up machines (setups)  397,440 Parts administration (part 1,134,000 ypes)   Total $2,449,440\begin{array}{|l|r|}\hline \begin{array}{l}\text { Activities and Actirity } \\\text { Measures }\end{array} & \text { Estimeted Overhead } \\& \text { cost}\\\text { Supporting direct labor (DLHs) } & \$918,000 \\\hline \text { Setting up machines (setups) } &397,440 \\\hline \text { Parts administration (part } & 1,134,000\\\text { ypes) } & \\\hline \text { Total } & \$2,449,440 \\\hline\end{array}
 Cassidy 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,VIP and Kommander,about which it has provided the following data:   \begin{array} { | l | r | r | }  \hline & \text { VIP } & \text { Kommander } \\ \hline \text { Direct materials per unit } & \$ 27.50 & \$ 62.10 \\ \hline \text { Direct labor per unit } & \$ 15.60 & \$ 52.00 \\ \hline \text { Direct labor-hours per unit } & 0.60 & 2.00 \\ \hline \text { Annual production } & 40,000 & 15,000 \\ \hline \end{array}   The company's estimated total manufacturing overhead for the year is $2,449,440 and the company's estimated total direct labor-hours for the year is 54,000.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:  \begin{array}{|l|r|} \hline \begin{array}{l} \text { Activities and Actirity } \\ \text { Measures } \end{array} & \text { Estimeted Overhead } \\ & \text { cost}\\ \text { Supporting direct labor (DLHs)  } & \$918,000 \\ \hline \text { Setting up machines (setups)  } &397,440 \\ \hline \text { Parts administration (part } & 1,134,000\\ \text { ypes)  } & \\ \hline \text { Total } & \$2,449,440  \\ \hline \end{array}     The unit product cost of Product VIP under the company's traditional costing system is closest to:  A)  $53.30. B)  $70.32. C)  $43.10. D)  $78.57.
The unit product cost of Product VIP under the company's traditional costing system is closest to:


A) $53.30.
B) $70.32.
C) $43.10.
D) $78.57.

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