Mayeux Corporation Uses an Activity-Based Costing System with Three Activity

question 346

Multiple Choice

Mayeux Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs and its activity-based costing system: Distribution of resource consumption:
How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Setting Up activity cost pool?

• A) $360,000
• B) $336,000
• C) $288,000
• D) $348,000

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