The Merchant Manufacturing Company Has Two Service Departments — Purchasing

question 95

Multiple Choice

The Merchant Manufacturing Company has two service departments — purchasing and maintenance, and two production departments — fabrication and assembly. The distribution of each service department's efforts to the other departments is shown below:The total cost accumulated in the assembly department using the direct method is (calculate all ratios and percentages to 4 decimal places, for example 33.3333%, and round all dollar amounts to the nearest whole dollar) :

• A)$102,750.
• B)$114,600.
• C)$85,800.
• D)$131,250.
• E)$135,000.

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