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Cornerstones of Managerial Accounting 4th Edition by Maryanne Mowen, Don Hansen, Dan Heitger

Edition 4ISBN: 978-0324380767
book Cornerstones of Managerial Accounting 4th Edition by Maryanne Mowen, Don Hansen, Dan Heitger cover

Cornerstones of Managerial Accounting 4th Edition by Maryanne Mowen, Don Hansen, Dan Heitger

Edition 4ISBN: 978-0324380767
Exercise 28
Activity Rates
Pratt Company uses activity-based costing (ABC). Pratt manufactures toy cars using two activities: plastic injection molding and decal application. Pratt's 2011 total budgeted overhead costs for these two activities are $450,000 (80 percent for injection molding and 20 percent for decal application). Molding overhead costs are driven by the number of pounds of plastic that are molded together. Decal application overhead costs are driven by the number of decals applied to toys. The budgeted activity data for 2010 are as follows: Activity Rates  Pratt Company uses activity-based costing (ABC). Pratt manufactures toy cars using two activities: plastic injection molding and decal application. Pratt's 2011 total budgeted overhead costs for these two activities are $450,000 (80 percent for injection molding and 20 percent for decal application). Molding overhead costs are driven by the number of pounds of plastic that are molded together. Decal application overhead costs are driven by the number of decals applied to toys. The budgeted activity data for 2010 are as follows:    Required:  1. Calculate the activity rate for the plastic injection molding activity. 2. Calculate the activity rate for the decal application activity.
Required:
1. Calculate the activity rate for the plastic injection molding activity.
2. Calculate the activity rate for the decal application activity.
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