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Riley, SA, Has Identified the Following Overhead Costs and Activity Drivers

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Riley, SA., has identified the following overhead costs and activity drivers for next year:  Expected  Expected  Overhead Item  Cost  Activity Driver  Quantity  Setup costs £100,000 Number of setups 500 Ordering costs 40,000 Number of orders 3,200 Maintenance 200,000 Machine hours 4,000 Power 20,000 Kilowatt hours 80,000\begin{array}{lclc}\text { Expected }&&\text { Expected }\\\text { Overhead Item }&\text { Cost } & \text { Activity Driver } & \text { Quantity }\\\text { Setup costs } & £ 100,000 & \text { Number of setups } & 500 \\\text { Ordering costs } & 40,000 & \text { Number of orders } & 3,200 \\\text { Maintenance } & 200,000 & \text { Machine hours } & 4,000 \\\text { Power } & 20,000 & \text { Kilowatt hours } & 80,000\end{array} The following are two of the jobs completed during the year: Job AAJob BB  Direct materials £375£1,000 Direct labour £350£1,200 Units completed 100160 Direct labour hours 5080 Number of setups 14 Number of orders 45 Machine hours 2025 Kilowatt hours 3050\begin{array}{lll}&\mathrm{Job} \text { AA} &\mathrm{Job} \text { BB }\\\text { Direct materials } & £ 375 & £ 1,000 \\\text { Direct labour } & £ 350 & £ 1,200 \\\text { Units completed } & 100 & 160 \\\text { Direct labour hours } & 50 & 80 \\\text { Number of setups } & 1 & 4 \\\text { Number of orders } & 4 & 5 \\\text { Machine hours } & 20 & 25 \\\text { Kilowatt hours } & 30 & 50\end{array} The company's normal activity is 4,000 direct labour hours. If the activity drivers are used to allocate overhead costs, the unit cost (rounded to two decimal places) for Job BB would be


A) £21.40.
B) £26.56.
C) £26.95.
D) £27.03.

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