Question

Problem 7-17 Comparing Traditional and Activity-Based Product Margins [LO7-1, LO7-3, LO7-4, LO7-5] Smoky Mountain Corporation makes two types of hiking boots—Xtreme and the Pathfinder. Data concerning these two product lines appear below: Xtreme Pathfinder Selling price per unit $ 140.00 $ 99.00 Direct materials per unit $ 72.00 $ 53.00 Direct labor per unit $ 24.00 $ 12.00 Direct labor-hours per unit 2.0 DLHs 1.0 DLHs Estimated annual production and sales 20,000 units 80,000 units The company has a traditional costing system in which manufacturing overhead is applied to units based on direct labor-hours. Data concerning manufacturing overhead and direct labor-hours for the upcoming year appear below: Estimated total manufacturing overhead $1,980,000 Estimated total direct labor-hours 120,000 DLHs
Required: Compute the product margins for the Xtreme and the Pathfinder products under the company’s traditional costing system.

Answer 1

Answer:

product margins for the Xtreme and the Pathfinder is 7.9% and 17.7% respectively.

Explanation:

Estimated total manufacturing overhead $1,980,000 Estimated total direct labor-hours 120,000 DLHs, then manufacturing overhead per hour is $33 = 1,980,000/120,000 = $16.5

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