A veterinarian uses activity-based costing to allocate overhead to patients. Two activities identified include operating room expenses and cleaning expenses. The operating room expenses of $21,112 for the next quarter will be allocated based on hours spent in the operating room, which the vet expects will add up to 100 hours. The estimated cleaning costs of $14,667 for the upcoming quarter will be allocated based on the number of nights the patient spends in the office. The vet expects patients to spend a total of 1,342 nights.
to. Calculate the activity rate for operating room expenses and cleaning expenses.

b. If Nick Walters spends 5 hours in the OR and 3 nights in the office, how much overhead will be allocated to the patient?