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: Wages and salaries $ 261,000 Depreciation 252,000 Utilities 143,000 Total $ 656,000 Distribution of resource consumption: Activity Cost Pools Total Assembly Setting Up Other Wages and salaries 35% 30% 35% 100% Depreciation 35% 30% 35% 100% Utilities 25% 65% 10% 100% How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Assembly activity cost pool

He set of companies a product goes through on the way to the consumer is called the a. economic utility b. cottage industry c. market saturation d. distribution chain

mark, a civil engineer, entered into a contract with david. as per the contract, mark agreed to design and build a house for david for a specified fee. mark provided david with an estimation of the total cost and the contract was mutually agreed upon. however, during construction, when mark increased the price due to a miscalculation on his part, david refused to pay the amount. this scenario is an example of a mistake.

T-comm makes a variety of products. it is organized in two divisions, north and south. the managers for each division are paid, in part, based on the financial performance of their divisions. the south division normally sells to outside customers but, on occasion, also sells to the north division. when it does, corporate policy states that the price must be cost plus 20 percent to ensure a "fair" return to the selling division. south received an order from north for 300 units. south's planned output for the year had been 1,200 units before north's order. south's capacity is 1,500 units per year. the costs for producing those 1,200 units follow