Stormer Corporation Has Provided the Following Data from Its Activity-Based

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Essay

Stormer Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing accounting system:
Indirect factory wages $27,000
Factory equipment depreciation $243,000
Distribution of resource consumption across Activity Cost Pools:
$$\begin{array} { l l l l l } & \text { Customer } & \text { Product } & \\& \text { Orders } & \text { Processing } & \text { Other } & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Indirect factor wages } & 27 \% & 68 \% & 5 \% & 100 \% \\\text { Factory equipment depreciation } & 20 \% & 67 \% & 13 \% & 100 \%\end{array}$$ 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 indirect factory wages and factory equipment depreciation costs that would be allocated to the Product Processing activity cost pool. Show your work!
b. Determine the total amount of indirect factory wages and factory equipment depreciation costs that would NOT be assigned to products. Show your work!

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