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Apple produces and sells two types of phone, XR and XS. Cost data for both products are shown below: XR XS Sales price per unit

Apple produces and sells two types of phone, XR and XS. Cost data for both products are shown below:

XR

XS

Sales price per unit

SGD 300

SGD 200

Cost of direct material and direct labour per unit

SGD 100

SGD 40

Production volume (unit)

2,500

7,500

Direct labour hour

12,500

37,500

The companys accountant has identified the following activities, budgeted cost pool and activity cost driver:

Activity

Budgeted cost pool

Activity cost driver

Engineering

SGD 62,500

Engineering hour

Machine setup

SGD 150,000

Number of setups

Machine operation

SGD 750,000

Machine hour

Packaging

SGD 37,500

Number of order (package)

TOTAL

SGD 1,000,000

Unit and transaction of actual activities for each product are shown in the following table:

Activity cost driver

Level of activity

XR

XS

Total

Engineering hour

2,500

3,750

6,250

Number of setups

100

50

150

Machine hour

25,000

50,000

75,000

Number of orders

2,500

5,000

7,500

Required:

a) Calculate the overhead absorption rate based on traditional system of using labour hours as a basis for overhead absorption.

b) Calculate the overhead per unit of XR and XS using the data provided for the new Activity-Based Costing system.

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