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[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Saras Salsa Company produces its condiments in two types: Extra Fine for restaurant customers and Family Style for home use. Salsa is prepared in department 1 and packaged in department 2. The activities, overhead costs, and drivers associated with these two manufacturing processes and the companys production support activities follow.

Process	Activity	Overhead cost			Driver	Quantity
Department 1	Mixing	$	6,200		Machine hours	2,600
	Cooking		12,000		Machine hours	2,600
	Product testing		114,200		Batches	1,000
		$	132,400
Department 2	Machine calibration	$	335,000		Production runs	800
	Labeling		17,000		Cases of output	160,000
	Defects		7,000		Cases of output	160,000
		$	359,000
Support	Recipe formulation	$	86,000		Focus groups	80
	Heat, lights, and water		52,000		Machine hours	2,600
	Materials handling		82,000		Container types	10
		$	220,000

Additional production information about its two product lines follows.

	Extra Fine		Family Style
Units produced	37,000	cases	123,000	cases
Batches	370	batches	630	batches
Machine hours	1,100	MH	1,500	MH
Focus groups	62	groups	18	groups
Container types	9	containers	1	containers
Production runs	280	runs	520	runs

4. Using ABC, compute the total cost per case for each product type if the direct labor and direct materials cost is $9 per case of Extra Fine and $8 per case of Family Style. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places. Round "Activity Rate" and "Overhead cost per unit" answers to 2 decimal places.)

						Extra fine		Family Style
Activity	Overhead Cost	Activity Drivers		Activity Rate		Activity Drivers	Overhead assigned	Activity Drivers	Overhead assigned
Mixing & Cooking
Product testing
Machine calibration
Labeling & Defects
Recipe formulation
Heat, light and water
Material handling
						Total overhead costs assigned
					Extra fine	Family Style