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Denny Asbestos Removal Company removes potentially toxic asbestos insulation and related products from buildings. The companys estimator has been involved in a long-simmering dispute with the on-site work supervisors. The on-site supervisors claim that the estimator does not adequately distinguish between routine work such as removal of asbestos insulation around heating pipes in older homes and nonroutine work such as removing asbestos-contaminated ceiling plaster in industrial buildings. The on-site supervisors believe that nonroutine work is far more expensive than routine work and should bear higher customer charges. The estimator sums up his position in this way: My job is to measure the area to be cleared of asbestos. As directed by top management, I simply multiply the square footage by $6,000 per thousand square feet to determine the bid price. Since our average cost is only $3,000 per thousand square feet, that leaves enough cushion to take care of the additional costs of nonroutine work that shows up. Besides, it is difficult to know what is routine or nonroutine until you actually start tearing things apart.

To shed light on this controversy, the company initiated an activity-based costing study of all of its costs. Data from the activity-based costing system follow:

Activity Cost Pool	Activity Measure	Total Activity
Removing asbestos	Thousands of square feet	520	thousand square feet
Estimating and job setup	Number of jobs	160	jobs*
Working on nonroutine jobs	Number of nonroutine jobs	28	nonroutine jobs
Other (organization-sustaining and idle capacity costs)	None	Not applicable

* The total number of jobs includes nonroutine jobs as well as routine jobs. Nonroutine jobs as well as routine jobs require estimating and setup work.

Costs for the Year
Wages and salaries	$	207,000
Disposal fees		608,000
Equipment depreciation		16,000
On-site supplies		59,000
Office expenses		187,000
Licensing and insurance		372,000
Total cost	$	1,449,000

Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activities

	Removing Asbestos		Estimating and Job Setup		Working on Nonroutine Jobs		Other		Total
Wages and salaries	33	%	12	%	31	%	24	%	100	%
Disposal fees	73	%	0	%	27	%	0	%	100	%
Equipment depreciation	43	%	0	%	37	%	20	%	100	%
On-site supplies	52	%	11	%	18	%	19	%	100	%
Office expenses	7	%	36	%	27	%	30	%	100	%
Licensing and insurance	41	%	0	%	32	%	27	%	100	%

Required:

1.	Perform the first-stage allocation of costs to the activity cost pools.

2.	Compute the activity rates for the activity cost pools. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

3.	Using the activity rates you have computed, determine the total cost and the average cost per thousand square feet of each of the following jobs according to the activity-based costing system. (Round your intermediate and final answers to 2 decimal places.)

a.		A routine 4,000-square-foot asbestos removal job.

b.	A routine 6,000-square-foot asbestos removal job.

c.	A nonroutine 4,000-square-foot asbestos removal job.

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