A&W Manufacturing uses an activity-based costing system for its cutting department. The activity cost totals $148,000. The number of cuts is the cost driver. The cutting department processed a total of 9,000 batches with an average cuts per batch of 6 and total cuts of 46,250. What is the activity rate for the cutting department?
◦ $3.20 per cut
◦ $1,500 per cut
◦ $247 per cut
◦ $16.45 per batch