Mack Precision Tool and Die has two production departments. Fabricating and Finishing, and two service departments, Repair and Quality Control. Direct costs for each department and the proportion of service costs used by the various departments for the month of March follow: Department Fabricating Finishing Repair Quality Control Direct Costs $ 130,600 90, 200 38,400 71,600 Repair 0 0.3 Proportion of Services Used by Quality Control 0.3 Fabricating Finishing 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.6 Required: Use the reciprocal method to allocate the service costs. (Matrix algebra is not required.)
Mack Precision Tool and Die has two production departments. Fabricating and Finishing, and two service departments, Repair and Quality Control. Direct costs for each department and the proportion of service costs used by the various departments for the month of March follow: Department Fabricating Finishing Repair Quality Control Direct Costs $ 130,600 90, 200 38,400 71,600 Repair 0 0.3 Proportion of Services Used by Quality Control 0.3 Fabricating Finishing 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.6 Required: Use the reciprocal method to allocate the service costs. (Matrix algebra is not required.)
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Transcribed Image Text:Mack Precision Tool and Die has two production departments. Fabricating and Finishing, and two service departments, Repair and
Quality Control. Direct costs for each department and the proportion of service costs used by the various departments for the month of
March follow:
Department
Fabricating
Finishing
Repair
Quality Control
From:
Direct Costs
$ 130,600
90, 200
Service department costs
Repair
Quality control
Total
38,400
71,600
$
$
Repair
Repair
0
0.3
Required:
Use the reciprocal method to allocate the service costs. (Matrix algebra is not required.)
Note: Amounts to be deducted should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final
answers to the nearest whole dollar amounts.
38,400 $
Proportion of Services Used by
Quality
Control
38,400 $
0.3
0
Quality
Control
Cost Allocation To:
Fabricating Finishing
71,600
0.5
0.1
71,600 $
Fabricating
0.2
0.6
0 $
Finishing
0
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