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Hickory Company manufactures two products$-13,000$ units of Product $Y$ and $5,000$ units of Product $Z.$ The company uses

a plantwide overhead rate based on direct labor$-$hours. It is considering implementing an activity$-$based costing $($ABC$)$

system that allocates all $$729,000$ of its manufacturing overhead to four cost pools. The following additional information is

available for the company as a whole and for Products Y and Z :

What is the activity rate for the Machining activity cost pool?

Note: Round your answer to $2$ decimal places.