Trombly Travel Products $($TTP$)$ manufactures and sells travel bags and accessories. TTP produces

backpacks at its West Street plant. The different backpack models are identified by the primary material

used: canvas, nylon, or leather. The company uses a plantwide rate based on direct labor$-$hours. The

plantwide rate is $$5\mathrm{.}00$ per labor$-$hour. All direct labor at TTP is paid $$35$ per hour. Canvas and nylon

backpacks are produced in Department $1.$ Leather backpacks are produced in Department $2.$ The product

costs $($per backpack$)$ follow.

Required:

a$.$ Compute the total unit cost of each backpack model using the plantwide allocation method.

b$.$ The machines in Department $1$ are older and almost fully depreciated. The equipment in Department $2$

was recently updated and the process in Department $2$ is more highly automated. At the request of the

manager of Department $1,$ a cost analyst at TTP provided the following information on overhead costs,

machine$-$hours and direct labor$-$hours for the two departments.

Using labor$-$hours as the department allocation base for Department $1$ and machine$-$hours as the

department allocation base for Department $2,$ compute the allocation rate for each.

c$.$ Compute the unit cost of each model of backpack using the department allocation rates computed in

requirement $($b$)($labor$-$hours in Department $1$ and machine$-$hours in Department $2).$

Note: Do not round your intermediate calculations.

Answer is complete but not entirely correct.

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Compute the unit cost of each model of backpack using the department allocation rates

computed in requirement $($b$)($labor$-$hours in Department $1$ and machine$-$hours in

Department $2).$

Note: Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your answers to $2$ decimal

places.

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