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Pinter Company had the following environmental activities and product information:
1. Environmental activity costs
| Activity | Costs | 
| Design products (to reduce pollution) | $ 72,000 | 
| Test for contamination | 128,000 | 
| Treat toxic waste | 400,000 | 
| Operate pollution control equipment | 320,000 | 
2. Driver data
| Solvent X | Solvent Y | |
| Design hours | 1,600 | 800 | 
| Testing hours | 2,800 | 3,600 | 
| Pounds of waste | 300 | 7,700 | 
| Machine hours | 1,600 | 30,400 | 
3. Other production data
| Solvent X | Solvent Y | |
| Nonenvironmental production costs | $1,344,000 | $1,952,000 | 
| Units produced | 160,000 | 160,000 | 
Required:
1. Calculate the activity rates that will be used to assign environmental costs to products.
| Design products | $_______ | per design hour | 
| Testing | $_______ | per test hour | 
| Treating waste | $_______ | per pound of waste | 
| Operating equipment | $_______ | per machine hour | 
2. Determine the unit environmental and unit costs of each product using ABC. If required, round your answers to the nearest cent.
| Activities | Solvent X | Solvent Y | 
| Unit environmental cost | $ | $ | 
| Unit cost | $ | $ | 
3. What if the design
costs increased to $162,000 and the cost of toxic waste decreased
to $200,000? Assume that Solvent Y uses 1,600 out of 3,200 design
hours. Also assume that waste is cut by 50 percent and that Solvent
Y is responsible for 3,800 of 4,000 pounds of toxic waste. What is
the new environmental cost for Solvent Y? If required, round your
intermediate calculations and answer to the nearest cent.
$_________ per unit
1. Calculate the activity rates that will be used to assign environmental costs to products.
| Design products | 72000/2400 = 30 | per design hour | 
| Testing | 128000/6400 = 20 | per test hour | 
| Treating waste | 400000/8000 = 50 | per pound of waste | 
| Operating equipment | 320000/32000 = 10 | per machine hour | 
2. Determine the unit environmental and unit costs of each product using ABC. If required, round your answers to the nearest cent.
| Activities | Solvent X | Solvent Y | 
| Design products (to reduce pollution) | 48000 | 24000 | 
| Test for contamination | 56000 | 72000 | 
| Treat toxic waste | 15000 | 385000 | 
| Operate pollution control equipment | 16000 | 304000 | 
| Unit environmental cost | 135000 | 785000 | 
| Unit cost | 135000/160000 = 0.84 | 785000/160000 = 4.91 | 
3. What if the design costs increased to $162,000 and the cost of toxic waste decreased to $200,000? Assume that Solvent Y uses 1,600 out of 3,200 design hours. Also assume that waste is cut by 50 percent and that Solvent Y is responsible for 3,800 of 4,000 pounds of toxic waste. What is the new environmental cost for Solvent Y? If required, round your intermediate calculations and answer to the nearest cent.
| Activities | Solvent Y | 
| Design products (to reduce pollution) | 162000/2400*1600 = 108000 | 
| Test for contamination | 72000 | 
| Treat toxic waste | 200000/4000*3800 = 190000 | 
| Operate pollution control equipment | 304000 | 
| Unit environmental cost | 674000 | 
| Unit cost | 4.21 |