Siri Co makes wicker and wooden picnic baskets. It requires approximately one hour of labor to make one basket of either type. Wicker baskets are produced in batches of 100 units and require 0.5 machine hours per basket. Wooden baskets are produced in batches of 50 units and require 0.75 machine hours per basket. Setup is required for each batch. During the most recent accounting period, the company made 8,000 wicker baskets and 2,000 wooden slat baskets. Setup costs amounted to $24,000 for the baskets produced during the period. If activity-based costing is used to allocate overhead costs to the two products, the amount of setup cost assigned to the wicker baskets will be:A. $17,455B. $19,200C. $12,000D. $16,000

While cell phones with holographic keyboards are currently in the introduction stage of the industry life cycle, tablet computers are in the growth stage. in the context of this scenario, which of the following statements is true? a. the industry for cell phones with holographic keyboards will face greater competition than the tablet industry. b. while the industry for cell phones with holographic keyboards will focus more on product innovation, the tablet industry will focus more on process innovation. c. while the industry for cell phones with holographic keyboards can reap the benefits of economies of scale, the tablet industry will experience no such benefits. d. the industry for cell phones with holographic keyboards will face price competition, whereas, in the tablet industry, the mode of competition will be non-price.