Markham Company makes two products: Basic Product and Deluxe Product. Annual production and sales are 1,500 units of Basic Product and 1,100 units of Deluxe Product. The company has traditionally used direct labor-hours as the basis for applying all manufacturing overhead to products. Basic Product requires 0.4 direct labor hours per unit and Deluxe Product requires 0.8 direct labor hours per unit. The total estimated overhead for next period is $99,435.

The company is considering switching to an activity-based costing system for the purpose of computing unit product costs for external reports. The new activity-based costing system would have three overhead activity cost poolsActivity 1, Activity 2, and General Factorywith estimated overhead costs and expected activity as follows:

	Estimated				Expected Activity
Activity Cost Pool	Overhead Costs				Basic Product		Deluxe Product		Total
Activity 1	$	30,684			1,000		850		1,850
Activity 2		17,580			1,600		450		2,050
General Factory		51,171			600		880		1,480
Total	$	99,435

(Note: The General Factory costs are allocated on the basis of direct labor hours.)

The predetermined overhead rate under the traditional costing system is closest to:

A) $34.58

B) $67.19

C) $8.58

D) $16.59