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Unique Finds Sells Fine Collectible Statues and Has Implemented Activity-Based

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Unique Finds sells fine collectible statues and has implemented activity-based costing.Costs in the shipping department have been divided into three cost pools.The first cost pool contains costs that are related to packaging and shipping.Unique has determined that the number of boxes shipped is an appropriate cost driver for these costs.The second cost pool is made up of costs related to the final inspection of each item before it is shipped and the cost driver for this pool is the number of individual items that are inspected.The final cost pool is used for general operations of the department and the cost driver is the number of orders.Information about the activities is summarized below: \multicolumn1c Cost Pool  Estim ated  Total  Costs  Cost Driver  Estim ated  Annual  Activity  Packaging and  shipping $67,200 Number of boxes shipped 16,000 boxes  Final inspection 200,000 Number of individual items  inspected 100,000 items  General operations 85,000 Number of orders 10,000 orders \begin{array} { | l | c | c | c | } \hline \multicolumn{1}{|c|} { \text { Cost Pool } } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Estim ated } \\\text { Total } \\\text { Costs }\end{array} & \text { Cost Driver } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Estim ated } \\\text { Annual } \\\text { Activity }\end{array} \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { Packaging and } \\\text { shipping }\end{array} & \$ 67,200 & \text { Number of boxes shipped } & 16,000 \text { boxes } \\\hline \text { Final inspection } & 200,000 & \begin{array} { c } \text { Number of individual items } \\\text { inspected }\end{array} & 100,000 \text { items } \\\hline \text { General operations } & 85,000 & \text { Number of orders } & 10,000 \text { orders } \\\hline\end{array} During the period, the Eastern sales office generated 240 orders for a total of 3,560 items of which were shipped in 1,200 boxes.What amount of shipping department costs should be allocated to these sales?


A) $9,480
B) $5,040
C) $14,200
D) None of these answer choices are correct.

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