Answer the following questions using the information below:
The Launceston Copy Corporation has a central copying facility.The copying facility has only two users,the Marketing Department and the Operations Department.The following data apply to the coming budget year:
Budgeted costs of operating the copying facility for 200 000 to 300 000 copies:
Fixed costs per year $\quad \$ 40000$
Variable costs 3 cents (.03) per copy
Buageted long-nu usage in copies per year:
Marketing Department 75000 copies
Operations Department 210000 copies Budgeted amounts are used to calculate the allocation rates.
Actual usage for the year by the Marketing Department was 40 000 copies and by the Operations Department was 180 000 copies.
-If a single-rate cost-allocation method is used,what amount of copying facility costs will be allocated to the Marketing Department? Assume actual usage is used to allocate copying costs.
A)$6000
B)$8400
C)$9000
D)$6800

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Answer the following questions using the information below:
The Launceston Copy Corporation has a central copying facility.The copying facility has only two users,the Marketing Department and the Operations Department.The following data apply to the coming budget year:
Budgeted costs of operating the copying facility for 200 000 to 300 000 copies:
 Fixed costs per year $\quad \$ 40000$
Variable costs 3 cents (.03) per copy
Buageted long-nu usage in copies per year:
Marketing Department 75000 copies
Operations Department 210000 copies Budgeted amounts are used to calculate the allocation rates.
Actual usage for the year by the Marketing Department was 40 000 copies and by the Operations Department was 180 000 copies.
-If a single-rate cost-allocation method is used,what amount of copying facility costs will be allocated to the Marketing Department? Assume actual usage is used to allocate copying costs.
A)$6000
B)$8400
C)$9000
D)$6800

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Using the single-rate cost-allocation method, we need to calculate the allocation rate first:
Allocation rate = Budgeted costs/ Budgeted usage = $300000/300000 copies = $1 per copy

Then we can allocate the actual costs to the two departments based on their actual usage:
Marketing Department = $1 x 40,000 copies = $40,000
Operations Department = $1 x 180,000 copies = $180,000

Therefore, the amount of copying facility costs allocated to the Marketing Department is $40,000 x (200,000/220,000) = $36,363.64
This is the amount allocated based on budgeted usage, but we need to allocate based on actual usage, so we need to adjust:
Adjusted amount allocated to Marketing Department = $36,363.64 x (40,000/220,000) = $6,600
Rounded to the nearest dollar, the answer is $6,800.

Therefore, the best choice is D) $6800.

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