Fife & Jones PLC, a Consulting Firm, Uses an Activity-Based

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Essay

Fife & Jones PLC, a consulting firm, uses an activity-based costing in which there are three activity cost pools. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs and its activity based costing system:
Costs: Distribution of resource consumption: Required:
a. How much cost, in total, would be allocated to the Working On Engagements activity cost pool?
b. How much cost, in total, would be allocated to the Business Development activity cost pool?
c. How much cost, in total, would be allocated to the Other activity cost pool?

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