Adams Company has two products: A and B. The annual production and sales of Product A is 2,300 units and of Product B is 1,700 units. The company has traditionally used direct labor-hours as the basis for applying all manufacturing overhead to products. Product A requires 0.3 direct labor-hours per unit and Product B requires 0.6 direct labor-hours per unit. The total estimated overhead for next period is $105,475. The company is considering switching to an activity-based costing system for the purpose of computing unit product costs for external reports. The new activity-based costing system would have three overhead activity cost pools--Activity 1, Activity 2, and General Factory--with estimated overhead costs and expected activity as follows:
Total Estimated
Overhead
Costs Expected Activity
Product A Product B Total
Activity 1 $32,592 1,600 1,200 2,800
Activity 2 18,564 2,300 800 3,100
General Factory54,319 690 1,020 1,710
Total $105,475
(Note: The General Factory activity cost pool's costs are allocated on the basis of direct labor-hours.)
The overhead cost per unit of Product B under the traditional costing system is closest to:.
a. $20.30
b. $14.62
c. $16.71
d. $37.01