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A cоmpаny mаnufаctures twо prоducts: Product PPx and Product PPz. The company uses a plantwide overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. It is considering implementing an activity-based costing (ABC) system that allocates its manufacturing overhead to four cost pools. The following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for Products PPx and PPz. The overhead costs have been attributed to four activity cost pools and the activity measures and activity have been determined as shown below. Activity Cost Pool Activity Measure Total Cost Total Activity Machining Machine-hours $ 248,000 4,000 Machine-hours Machine setups Number of setups $ 60,000 150 setups Product design Number of products $ 56,000 2 products Order size Direct labor-hours $ 260,000 13,000 Direct labor-hours Activity Measure Product PPx Product PPz Machine-hours 2,000 2,000 Number of setups 110 40 Number of products 1 1 Direct labor-hours 6,000 7,000 For the first question, show your work and label the first answer - PLANTWIDE OVERHEAD 1. Using the plantwide overhead rate, how much manufacturing overhead cost would be allocated to Product PPz? For the second question, show your work and label the first answer - ABC OVERHEAD 2. If the ABC system is implemented, how much manufacturing overhead cost would be allocated to Product PPz?