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

question 237

Multiple Choice

Perl Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs: The distribution of resource consumption across the three activity cost pools is given below:
How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Order Processing activity cost pool?

• A) $336,000
• B) $319,000
• C) $330,000
• D) $396,000

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