The Document Creation Center (DCC)for Arlington Corp If DCC Uses a Dual-Rate for Allocating Its Costs,how Much

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The Document Creation Center (DCC) for Arlington Corp.provides photocopying and document services for three departments in the Minneapolis office.The following budget has been prepared for the year. $\begin{array}{|l|l|}\hline \text { Available capacity } & 8,000,000 \text { pages } \\\hline \text { Budgeted us age: } & \\\hline \text { Software Development } & 1,600,000 \text { pages } \\\hline \text { Training } & 3,000,000 \text { pages } \\\hline \text { Management } & 2,400,000 \text { pages } \\\hline \text { Cost equation } & \$ 280,000+\$ 0.03 \text { per page } \\\hline\end{array}$ If DCC uses a dual-rate for allocating its costs,how much cost will be allocated to the Management Department,assuming the Management Department actually made 2,100,000 copies during the year?

• A) $147,000.
• B) $136,500.
• C) $159,000.
• D) $150,761.

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