Blue Ridge Marketing Inc. manufactures two products, A and B. Presently, the company uses a single plantwide factory overhead rate for allocating overhead to products. However, management is considering moving to a multiple department rate system for allocating overhead. The following table presents information about estimated overhead and direct labor hours.

OverheadDirect

Labor Hours (dlh)ProductABPainting Dept.$428,58310,300dlh16dlh3dlhFinishing Dept.68,2295,700620Totals$496,81216,000dlh22dlh23dlh

Determine the overhead from both production departments allocated to each unit of Product B if Blue Ridge Marketing Inc. uses a multiple department rate system.

a.$41.61 per unit

b.$737.58 per unit

c.$364.23 per unit

d.$11.97 per unit