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Second-Stage Allocation to an OrderTransvaal Mining Tools Ltd. of South Africa makes speci...

Second-Stage Allocation to an Order

Transvaal Mining Tools Ltd. of South Africa makes specialty tools used in the mining industry. The company uses an activity-based costing system for internal decision-making purposes. The company has four activity cost pools as listed below:

Activity Cost Pool

Activity Measure

Activity Rate

Order size

Number of direct labor-hours

R17.60

per direct labor-hour*

Customer orders

Number of customer orders

R360

per customer order

Product testing

Number of testing hours

R79

per testing hour

Selling

Number of sales calls

R1,494

per sales call

*(The currency in South Africa is the rand, denoted here by R.)

The managing director of the company would like information concerning the cost of a recently completed order for hard-rock drills. The order required 150 direct labor-hours, 18 hours of product testing, and three sales calls.

Required:

Prepare a report summarizing the overhead costs assigned to the order for hard-rock drills. What is the total overhead cost assigned to the order?

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