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Question relating to Absorption Costing

Ssasha7y ago
11. The Inground Sprinkler Supply sells sprinkler systems suited for large or small yards. The company has decided to adopt an activity-based costing system. Last year the company incurred $1,000,000 in overhead costs related to the following activities: Activity Allocation Base Overhead Cost Purchasing number of purchase orders $ 350,000 Material handling number of shipments received 200,000 Quality inspection number of inspections 450,000 The activities for large and small yard systems were as follows: Large Small purchase orders 15,000 20,000 shipments received 7,500 12,500 inspections 11,500 11,000 If a customer requested a bid on a specially designed sprinkler that would probably require four inspections, how much quality inspection overhead would you include in the bid? a. $ 0 b. $40 c. $80 d. $120. e. $160. The answer sheet states (c) $80 as the answer. Can you please explain?
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor7y ago#1
The total cost of inspections is $450,000. The total number of inspections is 11,500 + 11,000 = 22,500 Therefore the cost per inspection is $450,000/22,500 = $20. The sprinkler requires 4 inspections, so 4 at $20 = $80.
Ssasha7y ago#2
Got it thank you.
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