Kozloff Cheesy Wedding Company makes very elaborate wedding…
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Kоzlоff Cheesy Wedding Cоmpаny mаkes very elаborate wedding cakes to order. The owner of the company has provided the following data concerning the activity rates in its activity-based costing system: Problem Info Activity Cost Pools Activity Rate Size-related $1.16 per guest Complexity-related $33.47 per tier Order-related $65.95 per order The measure of activity for the size-related activity cost pool is the number of planned guests at the wedding reception. The greater the number of guests, the larger the cake. The measure of complexity is the number of tiers in the cake. The activity measure for the order-related cost pool is the number of orders. (Each wedding involves one order.) The activity rates include the costs of raw ingredients such as flour, sugar, eggs, and shortening. The activity rates do not include the costs of purchased decorations such as miniature statues and wedding bells, which are accounted for separately. Data concerning two recent orders appear below: Problem Info Winterhalter Wedding Manliguis Wedding Number of reception guests 45 183 Number of tiers on the cake 4 5 Cost of purchased decorations for cake $19.65 $61.84 Assuming that all of the costs listed above are avoidable costs in the event that an order is turned down, what amount would the company have to charge for the Winterhalter wedding cake to just break even?