Hall, Incorporated manufactures two components, Standard and Ultra, that are designed for the same function, but are made of different metals for operational performance reasons. The metal used in Standard is easy to work with and there are few quality issues or reworking required on the machines. The metal used in Ultra is more difficult to work with and often needs additional machine time and rework.

Data on expected operations and direct costs for the next fiscal year follow:

	Standard	Ultra	Total
Units produced	44,000	14,500	58,500
Direct labor-hours used	132,000	22,500	154,500
Machine-hours used	22,000	22,500	44,500
Direct materials costs	$ 3,244,000	$ 4,321,000	$ 7,565,000
Direct labor costs	2,520,000	855,000	3,375,000

The planning process team at Hall, Incorporated has estimated the following manufacturing overhead costs for the next fiscal year:

Account	Amount
Administration	$ 825,400
Engineering	4,465,500
Machine operation and maintenance	855,000
Miscellaneous	540,100
Supervision	884,500
Total	$ 7,570,500

The cost accounting system at Hall, Incorporated calculates product costs by adding allocated overhead to the direct costs of the product. Overhead costs are allocated based on direct labor-hours.

Required:

Compute the estimated per unit product costs for the next fiscal year, based on the current cost accounting system.

	Standard	Ultra
Product cost per unit

An analyst on the planning process team suggests that a two-stage system would improve the estimated product costs. The analyst suggests that overhead be first assigned to on one of two cost pools: Machine related and labor related. Machine-related overhead consists of the accounts "Engineering" and "Machine operation and maintenance." Labor-related overhead consists of the remaining manufacturing overhead. Machine-related costs would be allocated based on machine-hours. Labor-related overhead would be allocated based on direct labor cost. Compute the estimated per unit product costs for the next fiscal year, based on the system proposed by the analyst.

Note: Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to 2 decimal places.

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	Standard	Ultra
Product cost per unit