The Following Data Have Been Provided by Hooey Corporation from Its

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Essay

The following data have been provided by Hooey Corporation from its activity-based costing accounting system:
Distribution of Resource Consumption across Activity Cost Pools:
The "Other" activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs that are not assigned to products.
Required:
a. Determine the total amount of supervisory wages and factory utilities costs that would be allocated to the Machining activity cost pool. Show your work!
b. Determine the total amount of supervisory wages and factory utilities costs that would NOT be assigned to products. Show your work!

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