Alpha Corp. prices its products at full cost plus 25 percent. The company has two support departments and two producing departments. Budgeted costs and normal activity levels are as follows:

Support Departments Producing Departments
S1 S2 P1 P2
Overhead costs $15,000 $27,000 $250,000 $200,000
Square feet 900 1,100 4,000 8,000
Number of employees 12 28 100 80
Direct labor hours - - 9,000 10,000
Machine hours - - 12,000 8,000

S1 Department's costs are allocated based on square feet, and S2 Department's costs are allocated based on the number of employees.
P1 Department uses direct labor hours to assign overhead costs to products and P2 Department uses machine hours.
Alpha manufactures Product X, each unit of which requires 5 direct labor hours in P1 Department and no time in P2 Department. Direct materials per unit of Product X cost $200, and direct labor is $110 per unit.

Determine the selling price of Product X, if the direct method of allocation is used and the company follows its usual pricing policy.

a) $325.00 b) $460.50 c) $575.00 d) $387.50

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Answer:

c. $575

Explanation:

The computation of the selling price of Product is shown below:-

Overhead cost                             $250,000

S1 ($15,000 × (4,000 ÷ 12,000)    $5,000

S2 ($27,000 × (100 ÷ 80)              $15,000

                                                        $270,000

Predetermined overhead rate = Estimated manufacturing overhead ÷ Estimated direct labor hours

= $270,000 ÷ 9,000

= $30 per direct labor hour

Product selling price "X"

Direct material        $200

Direct labor hour     $110

Overhead                 $150

Total cost                  $460

(5 direct labor hour × 30)

Selling price = Total cost × (Cost + Percentage)

= $460 × (100 + 25)

= $460 × 125%

= $575