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Manzeck Company operates a snow-removal service. The company owns five trucks, each of which has a snow plow in the front to plow driveways and a snowthrower in the back to clear sidewalks. Because plowing snow is very tough on trucks, the company incurs significant maintenance costs. Truck
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(a) Determine the predetermined overhead rate under traditional costing.
(b) Determine the amount of overhead allocated to the average residential job using traditional costing based on labor hours.
(c) Determine the activity-based overhead rates for each cost pool.
(d) Determine the amount of overhead allocated to the average residential job using activity-based costing. Assume that the average residential job has 20 square yards of plowing and 60 linear feet of snowthrowing.
(e) Discuss your findings from parts (b) and (d).
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