Lackawanna Community College has three divisions: Liberal Arts, Sciences, and Business Administration. The college's comptroller is trying to decide how to allocate the costs of the Admissions Department, the Registrar's Department, and the Computer Services Department. The comptroller has compiled the following data for the year just ended. Department Annual Cost Admissions $ 118,000 Registrar 197,000 Computer Services 420,000 Division Budgeted Enrollment Budgeted Credit Hours Planned Courses Requiring Computer Work Liberal Arts 1,100 31, 000 12 Sciences 850 28, 750 25 Business Administration 750 22,750 25 Required: 1. Distribute the departmental costs to the college's three divisions based on the allocation base given. 2. Choose the better allocation base for distributing the cost to the following departments:Recuired: Dustroule the depurtmerital costs to the collegels three dwaish based on the allocation bus ghen Chose the betier aliscation base for distr buting the cost to the folowng departments. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.

Lackawanna Community College has three divisions: Liberal Arts, Sciences, and Business Administration. The college's comptroller is trying to decide how to allocate the costs of the Admissions Department, the Registrar's Department, and the Computer Services Department. The comptroller has compiled the following data for the year just ended. Department Annual Cost Admissions $ 118,000 Registrar 197,000 Computer Services 420,000 Division Budgeted Enrollment Budgeted Credit Hours Planned Courses Requiring Computer Work Liberal Arts 1,100 31, 000 12 Sciences 850 28, 750 25 Business Administration 750 22,750 25 Required: 1. Distribute the departmental costs to the college's three divisions based on the allocation base given. 2. Choose the better allocation base for distributing the cost to the following departments:Recuired: Dustroule the depurtmerital costs to the collegels three dwaish based on the allocation bus ghen Chose the betier aliscation base for distr buting the cost to the folowng departments. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

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Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions

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