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Ready Company has two operating (production) departments: Assembly and Painting.

ID: 2533710 • Letter: R

Question

Ready Company has two operating (production) departments: Assembly and Painting. Assembly has 210 employees and occupies 37,000 square feet. Painting has 210 employees and occupies 23,000 square feet. Indirect factory expenses for the current period are as follows:

Adminstration: $73,000

Maintenance: $93,000

Adminstration is allocated based on workers in each department; maintenance is allocated based on square footage. The total amount of indirect factory expenses that should be allocated to the Assembly Department for the current period is (Do not round your intermediate calculations and round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar)

A. $93,850

B. $103,000

C. $57,350

D. $94,850

Explanation / Answer

Indirect factory expenses for  Adminstration= $73,000

Cost Driver for the Adminstration = workers in each department

Total workers = 210 +210

= 420

Hence Activity Rate for the Administration = $ 73,000 /420

= $ 173.8095238

Indirect factory expenses for Maintenance= $93,000

Cost Driver for the Adminstration = square footage

Total square footage = 37,000 +23,000

= 60,000

Hence Activity Rate for the Administration = $ 93,000 /60,000

= $ 1.55

Hence, Cost alloacted to the Assembly Department

= $ 173.8095238 * 210 +  $ 1.55 * 37,000

= $ 93,850

Hence the correct answer is A. $ 93,850