After an Increase of 8%, the New Amount Was $875

question 169

Essay

After an increase of 8%, the new amount was $875. What was the original amount?

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Definitions:

Own Allocation Base

Refers to the specific denominator that a company chooses to allocate indirect costs to different cost objects, based on their usage or benefit from those costs.

Plantwide Overhead Rate

A single overhead absorption rate used throughout a manufacturing facility to allocate overhead costs to products.

Volume-Based Measures

Metrics that quantify outcomes or activities based on the amount or volume of production, sales, or other business operations.

Activity Rate

A ratio used to allocate costs to products or services based on the activities that are required to produce them.