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Rush Company Is Trying to Find an Appropriate Allocation Base

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Rush Company is trying to find an appropriate allocation base for factory overhead.Presented are five months of data:
 Month  Direct Labour  Hours  Machine Hours  Factory Overhead  January 103$45 February 20575 March 15470 Apri 305130 May 25380\begin{array}{|l|c|c|c|}\hline \text { Month } & \begin{array}{c}\text { Direct Labour } \\\text { Hours }\end{array} & \text { Machine Hours } & \text { Factory Overhead } \\\hline \text { January } & 10 & 3 & \$ 45 \\\hline \text { February } & 20 & 5 & 75 \\\hline \text { March } & 15 & 4 & 70 \\\hline \text { Apri } & 30 & 5 & 130 \\\hline \text { May } & 25 & 3 & 80\\\hline \end{array} r= Σ(XX)(YY)(Σ(XX)2Σ(YY)2)5\frac { \Sigma ( X - X ) ( Y \cdot Y ) } { \left( \Sigma ( X - X ) ^ { 2 } \Sigma ( Y - Y ) ^ { 2 } \right) ^ {5 } }
a.Calculate the correlation coefficient between factory overhead and direct labour hours.
b.Calculate the correlation coefficient between factory overhead and machine hours.
c.Should Rush Company use direct labour hours or machine hours for its allocation base for factory overhead? Why?

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r = (80)/(4 * 3,850)

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