Required information Alamo Power historically allocates IDC for its safety program to generation facilities in Cities A and B based on the number of employees. Last year, $300,000 was distributed and the employee count was 790 in city A and 450 in city B. Implementation of the ABC method took place this year to allocate IDC on the basis of number of accidents. City A reported 320 events and city B had 142 accidents reported. Determine the allocation based on the number of accidents. The allocation based on the number of accidents is as follows: City A = $ 191129.03
Required information Alamo Power historically allocates IDC for its safety program to generation facilities in Cities A and B based on the number of employees. Last year, $300,000 was distributed and the employee count was 790 in city A and 450 in city B. Implementation of the ABC method took place this year to allocate IDC on the basis of number of accidents. City A reported 320 events and city B had 142 accidents reported. Determine the allocation based on the number of accidents. The allocation based on the number of accidents is as follows: City A = $ 191129.03
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Alamo Power historically allocates IDC for its safety program to generation facilities in
Cities A and B based on the number of employees. Last year, $300,000 was distributed
and the employee count was 790 in city A and 450 in city B. Implementation of the ABC
method took place this year to allocate IDC on the basis of number of accidents. City A
reported 320 events and city B had 142 accidents reported.
Determine the allocation based on the number of accidents.
The allocation based on the number of accidents is as follows:
City A = $191129.03
City B = $ 108870.9](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fce6d4303-574a-4287-a913-82cabc220c8a%2F5b9e57d9-9a4c-4931-8ec4-a67b9d8a1e83%2Fx7qgxsn_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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Alamo Power historically allocates IDC for its safety program to generation facilities in
Cities A and B based on the number of employees. Last year, $300,000 was distributed
and the employee count was 790 in city A and 450 in city B. Implementation of the ABC
method took place this year to allocate IDC on the basis of number of accidents. City A
reported 320 events and city B had 142 accidents reported.
Determine the allocation based on the number of accidents.
The allocation based on the number of accidents is as follows:
City A = $191129.03
City B = $ 108870.9
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