Adams Company has two products: A and B. The annual production and sales of Product A
is 500 units and of Product B is 900 units. The company has traditionally used direct labor-
hours (DLHs) as the basis for applying all manufacturing overhead to products. Product A
requires 0.4 direct labor-hours per unit and Product B requires 0.5 direct labor-hours per
unit. The total estimated overhead for next period is $67,522.
The company is considering switching to an activity-based costing system for the purpose
of computing unit product costs for external reports. The new activity-based costing
system would have three overhead activity cost pools-Activity 1, Activity 2, and General
Factory-with estimated overhead costs and expected activity as follows:
(Note: The General Factory activity cost pool’s costs are allocated on the basis of direct
labor-hours.)
The predetermined overhead rate under the traditional costing system is closest to: