Silguero Clinic Has Two Service Departments, Administrative and Support, and Two

question 25

Multiple Choice

Silguero Clinic has two service departments, Administrative and Support, and two operating departments, Adult Medicine and Pediatrics. The clinic uses the direct method to allocate service department costs to operating departments. Administrative Department costs are allocated on the basis of employee hours and Support Department costs are allocated on the basis of space occupied in square feet.
-The total amount of Administrative Department cost allocated to the Adult Medicine Department is closest to:

• A) $18,482
• B) $14,333
• C) $12,968
• D) $14,720

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Definitions:

Hypotonic

Describes a solution that has a lower concentration of solutes relative to the inside of a cell, causing water to enter the cell by osmosis.

Hypertonic

Describing a solution that has a higher concentration of solutes compared to another solution, potentially causing cells to shrink due to water loss.

Solute Concentration

The amount of solute per unit volume of solution, indicating how much of a substance is dissolved in another substance.

Water

A colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.