The following departmental information is for the four departments at Samoa Industries. Departmental Total Cost Cost Driver Square Feet Number of Employees Janitorial $150,000    Square footage serviced 200    40          Cafeteria 50,000    Number of employees 20,000    12          Cutting 1,125,000      4,000    120          Assembly 1,100,000      16,000    40          The Janitorial and Cafeteria departments are support departments. Samoa uses the sequential method to allocate support department costs, first allocating the costs from the Janitorial Department to the Cafeteria, Cutting, and Assembly departments. Question Content Area 1. Determine the dollar amount of the Janitorial Department costs to be allocated to the (a) Cafeteria, (b) Cutting, and (c) Assembly departments. Department Amount a. Cafeteria Department fill in the blank 1 of 3$ b. Cutting Department fill in the blank 2 of 3$ c. Assembly Department fill in the blank 3 of 3$   Question Content Area 2. Determine the dollar amount of the Cafeteria Department costs to be allocated to the (a) Cutting and (b) Assembly departments. a. Cutting Department fill in the blank 1 of 2$ b. Assembly Department fill in the blank 2 of 2$

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The following departmental information is for the four departments at Samoa Industries.

Departmental Total Cost Cost Driver Square Feet Number of Employees
Janitorial $150,000    Square footage serviced 200    40         
Cafeteria 50,000    Number of employees 20,000    12         
Cutting 1,125,000      4,000    120         
Assembly 1,100,000      16,000    40         

The Janitorial and Cafeteria departments are support departments. Samoa uses the sequential method to allocate support department costs, first allocating the costs from the Janitorial Department to the Cafeteria, Cutting, and Assembly departments.

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1. Determine the dollar amount of the Janitorial Department costs to be allocated to the (a) Cafeteria, (b) Cutting, and (c) Assembly departments.

Department Amount
a. Cafeteria Department fill in the blank 1 of 3$
b. Cutting Department fill in the blank 2 of 3$
c. Assembly Department fill in the blank 3 of 3$
 

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2. Determine the dollar amount of the Cafeteria Department costs to be allocated to the (a) Cutting and (b) Assembly departments.

a. Cutting Department fill in the blank 1 of 2$
b. Assembly Department fill in the blank 2 of 2$

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