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

question 11

Multiple Choice

Emmette Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs and its activity based costing system:
How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Setting Up activity cost pool?

• A) $325,000
• B) $312,000
• C) $333,000
• D) $429,000

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