Shear-it, Inc., produces paper shredders. Shear-it is considering a new shredder design for home offices. The marketing vice president believes that a basic unit in a variety of attractive colors could be sold for $70. Shear-it requires that all new products yield 30% profit. What is the target cost of the new shredder?

Adamson company manufactures four lines of garden tools. as a result of an activity analysis, the accounting department has identified eight activity cost pools. each of the product lines is produced in large batches, with the whole plant devoted to one product at a time. classify each of the following activities or costs as either unit-level, batch-level, product-level, or facility-level. activities (a) machining parts. (b) product design. (c) plant maintenance. (d) machine setup. (e) assembling parts. (f) purchasing raw materials. (g) property taxes. (h) painting.