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Hochberg Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with the following three activity cost pools: Activity Cost Pool Total Activity Fabrication 50,000 machine-hours Order processing 625 orders Other Not applicable The Other activity cost pool is used to accumulate costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs: Wages and salaries $ 433,000 Depreciation 160,000 Occupancy 169,000 Total $ 762,000 The distribution of resource consumption across activity cost pools is given below: Activity Cost Pools Fabricating Order Processing Other Total Wages and salaries 20% 70% 10% 100% Depreciation 10% 30% 60% 100% Occupancy 10% 70% 20% 100% The activity rate for the Fabrication activity cost pool is closest to:

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The correct answer is 2.39

Step-by-step explanation:

TOTAL WAGES AND SALARIES = $433,000

DEPRECIATION = $160,000

OCCUPANCY = $169,000

TOTAL = $762,000

here for calculating the activity rate for activity cost pool , we will only use the given percentages of wages and salaries, depreciation and occupancy in the activity cost pool -

Amount Activity cost pool Amount allocated

Wages $433,000 20% $86,600

Depreciation $160,000 10% $16,000

Occupancy $169,000 10% $16,900

TOTAL $119,500

Cost driver machine hours 50,000

Rate per machine hour $119,500 / 50,000

2.39

Therefore the activity rate for activity cost pool is 2.39

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