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Alpha Corp S1 Department's Costs Are Allocated Based on Square Feet, and Percent

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Alpha Corp. prices its products at full cost plus 25 percent. The company has two support departments and two producing departments. Budgeted costs and normal activity levels are as follows:  Support Departments  Producing Departments  S1  S2  P1  P2  Overhead costs $15,000$27,000$250,000$200,000 Square feet 9001,1004,0008,000 Number of employees 122810080 Direct labor hours 9,00010,000 Machine hours 12,0008,000\begin{array} { | l | c | c | r | r | } \hline &{ \text { Support Departments } } & & { \text { Producing Departments } } \\\hline & \text { S1 } & \text { S2 } & \text { P1 } & \text { P2 } \\\hline \text { Overhead costs } & \$ 15,000 & \$ 27,000 & \$ 250,000 & \$ 200,000 \\\hline \text { Square feet } & 900 & 1,100 & 4,000 & 8,000 \\\hline \text { Number of employees } & 12 & 28 & 100 & 80 \\\hline \text { Direct labor hours } & - & - & 9,000 & 10,000 \\\hline \text { Machine hours } & - & - & 12,000 & 8,000 \\\hline\end{array} S1 Department's costs are allocated based on square feet, and S2 Department's costs are allocated based on number of employees.
P1 Department uses direct labor hours to assign overhead costs to products and P2 Department uses machine hours.
Alpha manufactures Product X, each unit of which requires 5 direct labor hours in P1 Department and no time in P2 Department. Direct materials per unit of Product X cost $200, and direct labor is $110 per unit.
Determine the selling price of Product X, if the direct method of allocation is used and the company follows its usual pricing policy.


A) $387.50
B) $460.50
C) $575.00
D) $325.00

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