Poma Manufacturing Corporation has a traditional costing system in which it applies manufacturing overhead to its products using a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours (DLHs). The company has two products, R78S and N32Y, about which it has provided the following data:  R78SN32YDirect materials per unit$27.20 $54.70 Direct labor per unit$8.80 $22.00 Direct labor-hours per unit 0.4  1.0 Annual production (units) 35,000  10,000  The company's estimated total manufacturing overhead for the year is $1,427,040 and the company's estimated total direct labor-hours for the year is 24,000.The company is considering using a variation of activity-based costing to determine its unit product costs for external reports. Data for this proposed activity-based costing

system appear below:  Activities and Activity MeasuresEstimatedOverhead CostAssembling products (DLHs)$672,000 Preparing batches (batches) 255,840 Product support (product variations) 499,200 Total$1,427,040    Expected Activity R78SN32YTotalDLHs14,00010,00024,000Batches8161,1521,968Product variations8404081,248  The unit product cost of product R78S under the company's traditional costing system is closest to:

A. $59.83
B. $59.78
C. $47.20
D. $36.00


Answer: B

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