A company produces surgical equipment that goes through threes processes, 1A1, 2B2, and 3C3, before they are complete. Expected costs and activities for the three departments are shown below. All departments have departmental overhead rates based on direct labor hours. The overhead rate for department 2B2 is $____ per direct labor hour.

	Department 1A1	Department 2B2	Department 3C3
Machine hours	15,000 MH	25,000 MH	20,000 MH
Direct labor hours	45,000 DLH	11,500 DLH	29,200 DLH
Overhead costs	$270,000	$253,000	$73,000

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