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Assume that the company's $2,700,000 in manufacturing overhead cost can be assigned to six activity cost pools as follows: Expected Activity Activity Cost Pool Estimated Overhead Costs Total R2D2 BB8 Machine setups (number of $ 312,000 $ 1,600 1,000 600 setups) Quality control (number of 540,000 inspections) Purchase orders (number of 135,000 orders) Soldering (number of solder 200,000 60,000 140,000 joints) Shipments (number of 198,000 600 400 200 shipments) Machine-related (machine- 840,000 70,000 30,000 40,000 hours) $2,700,000 Given these data, would you support a recommendation to expand sales of the BBB? Explain your position. From the data you prepared in (3) above, why do you suppose the BB8 "just seems to sell itself'? Ifyou were president of Galaxy Incorporated, what strategy would you follow from this point fonNard to improve the company's overall profits? How might Galaxy Incorporated find the ABC information helpful in managing its business