Ben and Mike are students at Berkeley College. They share an apartment that is owned by Mike. Mike is considering subscribing to an Internet provider that has the following packages available: Package Per Month A. Internet access $60 B. Phone services 20 C. Internet access + phone services 75 Ben spends most of his time on the Internet ("everything can be found online now"). Mike prefers to spend his time talking on the phone rather than using the Internet ("going online is a waste of time"). They agree that the purchase of the $75 total package is a "win–win" situation. Requirements 1. Allocate the $75between Ben and Mike using (a) the stand-alone cost-allocation method, (b) the incremental cost-allocation method, and (c) the Shapley value method. 2. Which method would you recommend they use and why? Requirement 1. Allocate the $75between Ben and Mike using (a) the stand-alone cost-allocation method, (b) the incremental cost-allocation method, and (c) the Shapley value method. (Round your answers to the nearest cent.) Costs allocated to Ben Mike (a) Stand-alone (b) Incremental Ben primary user Mike primary user (c) Shapley Requirement 2. Which method would you recommend they use and why? I would recommend the (1) . It is fairer than the (2) which (3) . It allocates costs in a manner that is close to the costs allocated under the (4) but takes a more comprehensive view of the common cost allocation problem by considering (5)

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Ben and Mike are students at Berkeley College. They share an apartment that is owned by Mike. Mike is considering subscribing to an Internet provider that has the following packages available:

Package	Per Month
A. Internet access	$60
B. Phone services	20
C. Internet access + phone services	75

Ben spends most of his time on the Internet ("everything can be found online now"). Mike prefers to spend his time talking on the phone rather than using the Internet ("going online is a waste of time"). They agree that the purchase of the $75 total package is a "win–win" situation.

Requirements

1.	Allocate the $75between Ben and Mike using (a) the stand-alone cost-allocation method, (b) the incremental cost-allocation method, and (c) the Shapley value method.
2.	Which method would you recommend they use and why?

Requirement 1. Allocate the $75between Ben and Mike using (a) the stand-alone cost-allocation method, (b) the incremental cost-allocation method, and (c) the Shapley value method. (Round your answers to the nearest cent.)

	Costs allocated to
	Ben	Mike
(a) Stand-alone
(b) Incremental
Ben primary user
Mike primary user
(c) Shapley

Requirement 2. Which method would you recommend they use and why?

I would recommend the

(1)

It is fairer than the

(2)

which

(3)

It allocates costs in a manner that is close to the costs allocated under the

(4)

but takes a more comprehensive view of the common cost allocation problem by considering

(5)

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