Foster Florist Specializes in Large Floral Bouquets for Hotels and Other

Multiple Choice

Foster Florist specializes in large floral bouquets for hotels and other commercial spaces. The company has provided the following data concerning its annual overhead costs and its activity-based costing system:

$\begin{array}{|l|r|}\hline \text { Overhead costs: } & \\\hline \text { Wages and salaries } & \$ 70,000 \\\hline \text { Other expenses } & \underline{50,000} \\\hline \text { Total } & \$ 120,000\\\hline \end{array}$

$\text { Distribution of Resource Consumption: }$

$\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$$\text { Activity Cost Pools }$
$\begin{array}{|l|r|r|r|} \hline& \text { Making Bouquets } & \text { Delivery } & \text { Other } \\\hline \text { Wages and salaries } & 70 \% & 20 \% & 10 \% \\\hline \text { Other expenses } & 45 \% & 25 \% & 30 \% \\\hline\end{array}$
The "Other" activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organizationsustaining costs. The amount of activity for the year is as follows:


$\begin{array}{|l|r|}\hline \text { Activity Cost Pool } & \text { Activity } \\\hline \text { Making bouquets } & 40,000 \text { bouquets } \\\hline \text { Delivery } & 1,000 \text { delive }\\\hline\end{array}$
-What would be the total overhead cost per bouquet according to the activity-based costing system,rounded to the nearest whole cent? In other words,what would be the overall activity rate for the Making Bouquets activity cost pool?

A) $1.35.
B) $1.73.
C) $1.79.
D) $2.10.