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Altex Inc. manufactures two products: car wheels and truck wheels. To determine the amount of overhead to assign to each product line, the controller, Robert Hermann, has developed the following information. Car Truck Estimated wheels produced 37,000 10,000 Direct labor hours per wheel 1 3 Total estimated overhead costs for the two product lines are $777,200. Calculate overhead rate. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 12.25.) Overhead rate $ per direct labor hour Activa Go to S Compute the overhead cost assigned to the car wheels and truck wheels, assuming that direct labor hours is used to assign overhead costs. Car wheels $ Truck wheels $ Hermann is not satisfied with the traditional method of allocating overhead because he believes that most of the overhead costs relate to the truck wheels product line because of its complexity. He therefore develops the following three activity cost pools and related cost drivers to better understand these costs. Estimated Overhead Costs Estimated Use of Cost Drivers Activity Cost Pools Setting up machines $201,000 1,000 setups Assembling 335.000 67,000 labor hours Inspection 241.200 1,200 inspections Activ Go to Compute the activity-based overhead rates for these three cost pools. Overhead Rates Setting up machines $ /setup Assembling A /DLH Inspection $ /inspection Compute the cost that is assigned to the car wheels and truck wheels product lines using an activity-based costing system, given the following information. Use of Cost Drivers per Product Car Truck Number of setups 200 800 Direct labor hours 37,000 30,000 Number of inspections 100 1,100 Acti Go to Car Wheels Truck Wheels Setting up machines $ $ Assembling $ $ Inspection $ $ Total cost assigned $ $