The Merchant Manufacturing Company has two service departments — purchasing and maintenance, and two production departments — fabrication and assembly. The distribution of each service department's efforts to the other departments is shown below:   FROM TO   Purchasing Maintenance Fabrication Assembly Purchasing   0 %   35 %   35 %   30 % Maintenance   65 %   0 %   20 %   15 %     The direct operating costs of the departments (including both variable and fixed costs) were as follows:           Purchasing $ 144,000   Maintenance   66,000   Fabrication   120,000   Assembly   96,000       The total cost accumulated in the fabrication department using the step method is (assume the purchasing department goes first; calculate all ratios and percentages to 4 decimal places, for example 33.3333%, and round all dollar amounts to the nearest whole dollar):   Multiple Choice a. $231,464. b. $236,914. c. $189,086. d. $195,786. e. $201,536.

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The Merchant Manufacturing Company has two service departments — purchasing and maintenance, and two production departments — fabrication and assembly. The distribution of each service department's efforts to the other departments is shown below:

 

FROM TO
  Purchasing Maintenance Fabrication Assembly
Purchasing   0 %   35 %   35 %   30 %
Maintenance   65 %   0 %   20 %   15 %
 

 

The direct operating costs of the departments (including both variable and fixed costs) were as follows:

 

       
Purchasing $ 144,000  
Maintenance   66,000  
Fabrication   120,000  
Assembly   96,000  
 

 

The total cost accumulated in the fabrication department using the step method is (assume the purchasing department goes first; calculate all ratios and percentages to 4 decimal places, for example 33.3333%, and round all dollar amounts to the nearest whole dollar):

 

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a. $231,464.
b. $236,914.
c. $189,086.
d. $195,786.
e. $201,536.
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