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

question 9

Multiple Choice

Grammer 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 Other activity cost pool?

• A)$135, 000
• B)$174, 000
• C)$162, 000
• D)$180, 000

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