Figure 7-6 Oaks Company Has Two Support Departments, Maintenance Department

question 2

Multiple Choice

Figure 7-6 Oaks Company has two support departments, Maintenance Department (MD) and Personnel Department (PD) , and two producing departments, P1 and P2.The Maintenance Department costs of $30,000 are allocated on the basis of standard service used.The Personnel Department costs of $4,500 are allocated on the basis of number of employees.The direct costs of Departments P1 and P2 are $9,000 and $15,000, respectively.
Data on standard service hours and number of employees are as follows:

- Refer to Figure 7-6.Using the sequential method, if the support department with the highest percentage of interdepartmental service is allocated first, the cost of the support departments allocated to Department P1 is

• A) $12,750.
• B) $24,000.
• C) $20,295.
• D) $21,750.

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Definitions:

Income Elasticity

A measure of how the quantity demanded of a good or service changes in response to a change in consumer income.

Inferior Good

A type of good for which demand decreases when consumers' income increases, opposite to normal goods.

Perfectly Inelastic

Describes a situation where the demand for a good does not change in response to a change in price.

Price Elasticity

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in the price of that good, defined as the percentage change in quantity demanded divided by the percentage change in price.