The following information is for LaPlanche Industries Inc.: East West Sales volume (units): Product XX 45,000 38,000 Product YY 60,000 50,000 Sales price: Product XX $700 $660 Product YY $728 $720 Variable cost per unit: Product XX $336 $336 Product YY $360 $360 a. Determine the contribution margin for the Product YY.

Performance bicycle company makes steel and titanium handle bars for bicycles. it requires approximately 1 hour of labor to make one handle bar of either type. during the most recent accounting period, barr company made 7,700 steel bars and 2,300 titanium bars. setup costs amounted to $35,000. one batch of each type of bar was run each month. if a single company-wide overhead rate based on direct labor hours is used to allocate overhead costs to the two products, the amount of setup cost assigned to the steel bars will be: