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(a) Wilder Company manufactures two models of its banjo, the Basic and the Luxury. The Basic model requires 10,000 direct labor hours and the Luxury requires 30,000 direct labor hours. The company produces 3,400 units of the Basic model and 600 units of the Luxury model each year. The company inspects one Basic for every 100 produced, and inspects one Luxury for every 10 produced. The company expects to incur $84,600 of total inspecting costs this year. How much of the inspecting costs should be allocated to the Basic model using ABC costing and the number of inspections as the cost driver?

(b) Ben Gordon, Inc. manufactures 2 products, wheels and seats. The company has estimated its overhead in the assembling department to be $330,000. The company produces 300,000 wheels and 600,000 seats each year. Each wheel uses 2 parts, and each seat uses 3 parts. Using the number of parts as the cost driver, how much of the assembly overhead should be allocated to wheels?

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