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87. Addy Company makes two products: Product A and Product B. Annual production and
sales are 1,700 units of Product A and 1,100 units of Product B. The company has traditionally
used direct labor-hours as the basis for applying all manufacturing overhead to products. Product
A requires 0.3 direct labor hours per unit and Product B requires 0.6 direct labor hours per unit.
The total estimated overhead for next period is $98,785.
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 (i.e., activity rate) for Activity 2 under the activity-based costing
system is closest to: