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Support departments:

Building and grounds

$35,000

Personnel

1,064

General plant administration

21,300

Cafeteria: Operating loss

3,204

Storeroom

3,388

$63,956

Operating departments:

Machining

$33,000

Assembly

48,900

81,900

Total for support and operating departments

$145,856

Direct

Square Feet of

Manufacturing

Number of

Floor Space

Manufacturing

Number of

Department

Labor-Hours

Employees

Occupied

Labor-Hours

Requisitions

Building and grounds

0

0

0

0

0

Personnel*

0

0

8,400

0

0

General plant administration

0

42

12,600

0

0

Cafeteria: operating loss

0

14

5,600

1,000

0

Storeroom

0

28

39,200

2,000

0

Machining

6,000

70

56,000

6,000

6,000

Assembly

6,000

126

128,200

6,600

2,000

Total

12,000

280

250,000

15,600

8,000

*Basis used is number of employees

Using the step-down method, allocate support-department costs. Allocate the costs of the support departments in the order given in this problem. (Round all indirect allocation rates to the nearest cent and all other computations to the nearest whole dollar. Use parentheses or a minus sign when decreasing departments by allocating costs.)

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