Blossom Inc. makes two types of handbags: standard and custom. The controller has decided to use a plant-wide overhead rate based on direct labour costs. The president has heard of activity-based costing and wants to see how the results would differ if this system were used. Two activity cost pools were developed: machining (machine hours) and machine set-up (number of set-ups). The total estimated machine hours is 1,500, and the total estimated number of setups is 500. Presented below is information related to the company's operations. Standard Custom Direct labour costs $50,000 $100,000 Machine hours 500 1,000 Set-up hours 100 400 Total estimated overhead costs are $262,500. The overhead cost allocated to the machining activity cost pool is $166,500, and $96,000 is allocated to the machine set-up activity cost pool. Your answer is correct. Calculate the overhead rate using the activity-based costing approach. Cost Pool Machining Overhead Rate 111 per machine hour Machine set-up $ 192 per set-up hour Determine the difference in allocation between the two approaches. Traditional costing Activity-based costing Standard Custom $ AA SA +A +A $ Difference