Social Media, Inc. (SMI) has two services for users. Toot!, which connects tutors with students who are looking for tutoring services, and TIX, which can be used to buy, sell, or exchange event tickets. For the following year, SMI expects the following results.                                                                                   Toot!                                Tix                             Total Users                                                                        15,500                            22,100                           37,600 Revenues                                                        $2,000,000                    $2,080,000                    $4,080,000 Engineering hours                                           10,4000                              8,400                            18,800 Engineering cost                                         $    881,000                     $ 999,000                     $1,880,000 Administrative costs                                                                                                                   $1,504,000   Required A: Compute the predetermined overhead rate used to apply administrative costs to the two services assuming SMI uses the number of users to allocate administrative costs.   Predetermined overhead rate ________ per user   Required B: Based on the rates computed in requirement (a), what is the profit for each service?   Service                       Profit Toot!                          _______ TiX                             _________

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Social Media, Inc. (SMI) has two services for users. Toot!, which connects tutors with students who are looking for tutoring services, and TIX, which can be used to buy, sell, or exchange event tickets. For the following year, SMI expects the following results.

 

                                                                                Toot!                                Tix                             Total

Users                                                                        15,500                            22,100                           37,600

Revenues                                                        $2,000,000                    $2,080,000                    $4,080,000

Engineering hours                                           10,4000                              8,400                            18,800

Engineering cost                                         $    881,000                     $ 999,000                     $1,880,000

Administrative costs                                                                                                                   $1,504,000

 

Required A:

  1. Compute the predetermined overhead rate used to apply administrative costs to the two services assuming SMI uses the number of users to allocate administrative costs.

 

Predetermined overhead rate ________ per user

 

Required B:

  1. Based on the rates computed in requirement (a), what is the profit for each service?

 

Service                       Profit

Toot!                          _______

TiX                             _________

 

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