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The management of Firebolt Industries Inc. manufactures gasoline and diesel engines through two production departments, Fabrication and Assembly. Management needs accura to guide product strategy. Presently, the company uses a single plantwide factory overhead rate for allocating factory overhead to the two products. However, management is cons department factory overhead rate method. The following factory overhead was budgeted for Firebolt: Fabrication Department factory overhead $557,750.00 N Assembly Department factory overhead 257,550.00 Total $815,300.00 Direct labor hours were estimated as follows: Fabrication Department 4,850 hours Assembly Department 5,050 Total 9,900 hours In addition, the direct labor hours (dlh) used to produce a unit of each product in each department were determined from engineering records, as follows: Production Departments Gasoline Engine Diesel Engine Fabrication Department 3.1 dlh 2.1 dir Assembly Department Direct labor hours per unit 5.2 dlh 5.2 dlh Required: a. Determine the per-unit factory overhead allocated to the gasoline and diesel engines under the single plantwide factory overhead rate method, using direct labor hours as the activity base.* b. Determine the per-unit factory overhead allocated to the gasoline and diesel engines under the multiple production department factory overhead rate method, using direct labor hours as the activity base for each department. * c. (1) Recommend to management a product costing approach, based on your analyses in (a) and (b). (2) Give a reason for your answer. "If required, round all per-unit answers to the nearest cent