Barnett Products manufactures three types of remote$-$control devices: Economy, Standard, and Deluxe. The company, which uses activity$-$based costing, has identified five activities $($and related cost drivers$).$ ?Each activity, its budgeted cost, and related cost driver is identified below.

$\backslash$table$[[$Activity$,$Cost,Cost Driver$],[$Material handling,$$243,000,$Number of parts$],[$Material insertion,$3,260,000,$Number of parts$],[$Automated machinery,$900,000,$Machine hours$],[$Finishing$,200,000,$Direct labor hours$],[$Packaging$,200,000,$Orders shipped$],[$Total$,$$$4,803,{000}_{?},]]$

The following information pertains to the three product lines for next year:

$\backslash$table$[[,$Economy,Standard,Deluxe$],[$Units to be produced,$16,800,9,300,2,600],[$Orders to be shipped,$1,910,580,225],[$Number of parts per unit,$10,20,30],[$Machine hours per unit,$1,2,5],[$Labor hours per unit,$2,2,2]]$

What is Barnett's pool rate for the automated machinery activity?M