Eccles Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs and its activity based costing system: Costs: $306,000 256,000 Wages and salaries Depreciation Utilities 190,000 Total $752,000 Distribution of resource consumption: Activity Cost Pools Assembly Setting Up Other Total Wages and salaries 40% 30% 30% 100% Depreciation 35% 10% 55% 100% Utilities 15% 65% 20% 100% How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Assembly activity cost pool?

Eccles Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs and its activity based costing system: Costs: $306,000 256,000 Wages and salaries Depreciation Utilities 190,000 Total $752,000 Distribution of resource consumption: Activity Cost Pools Assembly Setting Up Other Total Wages and salaries 40% 30% 30% 100% Depreciation 35% 10% 55% 100% Utilities 15% 65% 20% 100% How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Assembly activity cost pool?

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