onsdale Inc. manufactures entry and dining room lighting fixtures. Five activities are used in manufacturing the fixtures. These activities and their associated budgeted activity costs and activity bases are as follows:

ActivityBudgeted
Activity Cost

Activity Base
Casting$570,000Machine hours
Assembly80,000Direct labor hours
Inspecting42,000Number of inspections
Setup38,000Number of setups
Materials handling23,750Number of loads

Corporate records were obtained to estimate the amount of activity to be used by the two products. The estimated activity-base usage quantities and units produced follow:
 

Activity BaseEntryDiningTotal
Machine hours6,00013,00019,000
Direct labor hours3,0002,0005,000
Number of inspections6004001,000
Number of setups300200500
Number of loads450500950
Units produced6,0003,0009,000 
 

a.  Determine the activity rate for each activity.

ActivityActivity Rate
Casting$fill in the blank 1per machine hour
Assembly$fill in the blank 2per direct labor hour
Inspecting$fill in the blank 3per inspection
Setup$fill in the blank 4per setup
Materials handling$fill in the blank 5per load

b.  Use the activity rates in (a) to determine the total and per-unit activity costs associated with each product. Round the per unit amounts to the nearest cent.

ProductTotal Activity CostActivity Cost Per Unit
Entry Lighting Fixtures$fill in the blank 6$fill in the blank 7
Dining Room Lighting Fixtures$fill in the blank 8$fill in the blank 9

a.

Casting $30 per machine hour

Assembly $16 per machine hour

Inspecting $42 per inspection

Setup $76 per setup

Materials handling $25 per load

B.

Total activity cost

Entry lighting Fixtures $287,250

Dining Room Lighting Fixtures $466,500

Activity Cost Per Unit

Entry- $47.88

Dining Room- $155.5

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