Lackawanna Community College has three divisions: Liberal Arts, Sciences, and Business Administration. The colleges comptroller...

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Lackawanna Community College has three divisions: Liberal Arts, Sciences, and Business Administration. The colleges comptroller is trying to decide how to allocate the costs of the Admissions Department, the Registrars Department, and the Computer Services Department. The comptroller has compiled the following data for the year just ended.

Department Annual Cost
Admissions $ 130,000
Registrar 221,000
Computer Services 468,000

Division Budgeted Enrollment Budgeted Credit Hours Planned Courses Requiring Computer Work
Liberal Arts 2,300 43,000 25
Sciences 1,450 37,750 37
Business Administration 1,350 31,750 37

Required:

Distribute the departmental costs to the colleges three divisions based on the allocation base given.

Choose the better allocation base for distributing the cost to the following departments:

Distribute the departmental costs to the colleges three divisions based on the allocation base given. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar.)

Division
Department and Allocation Base Liberal Arts Sciences Business Administration Total Cost Allocated
Admissions (enrollment) $0
Registrar (credit hours) $0
Computer Services (courses requiring computer) $0

Choose the better allocation base for distributing the cost to the following departments:

Registrar
Computer Services

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