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Chapter 5A, Problem 5A.2E
Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing LO5—7
Refer to the data in Exercise 5A—1. In addition, assume that Saratoga Company provided the following activity data for all jobs produced during the year:
Required:
- Calculate Saratoga’s used capacity in minutes.
- Calculate Saratoga’s unused capacity in minutes.
- Calculate Saratoga’s unused capacity in number of employees. (Do not round your answer to a whole number.)
- Calculate the impact on expenses of matching capacity with demand. (Be sure to round your potential adjustment in the number of employees to a whole number.)
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