Which statistical tool is most useful when selecting an allocation base for cost pools?

Whiteley Inc. manufactures and sells two products: Product M5 and Product P4. Data concerning the expected production of each product and the expected total direct labor hours (DLH) required to produce that output appear below:

Expected
Production
Direct Labor-Hours
Per Unit
Total Direct
Labor Hours
Product M5
200
9.0
1,800
Product P4
100
12.0
1,200
Total direct labor hours

3,000

The direct labor rate is $27.50 per DLH. The direct materials cost per unit for each product is given below:

Direct Materials Cost per Unit
Product M5
$185.20
Product P4
$244.20

The company is considering adopting an activity-based costing system with the following activity cost pools, activity measures, and expected activity:

Estimated
Expected Activity
Activity Cost Pools
Activity Measures
Overhead Cost
Product M5
Product P4
Total
Labor-related
DLH
$117,330
1,800
1,200
3,000
Product testing
tests
9,499
400
300
700
General factory
machine hours (MH)
641,606
5,000
4,800
9,800

$768,435

The unit product cost of Product P4 under activity-based costing is closest to ___________.

Dobles Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system:

Activity Cost Pools
Estimated Overhead Cost
Expected Activity
Assembly
$228,060
18,000
machine hours
Processing orders
$34,068
1,200
orders
Inspection
$125,560
1,720
inspection hours

The company makes 420 units of product D28K a year, requiring a total of 460 machine hours, 80 orders, and 10 inspection-hours per year. The product's direct materials cost is $48.96 per unit, and its direct labor cost is $25.36 per unit.
Use activity-based costing to compute the unit product cost of product D28K.

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