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A company has two production departments and two service departments (Maintenance and Stores). The overhead costs of each of the departments are as follows.
The following equations represent the reapportionment of each of the service department overheads to the other.
M = 4,700 + 0.1S
S = 5,800 + 0.2M
Where M = total Maintenance overhead after reapportionment from Stores
S = total Stores overhead after reapportionment from Maintenance
60% of the total Maintenance overhead and 50% of the total Stores overhead are to be apportioned to Production Department 1.
The total production overhead for Production Department 1 after reapportionment of the service departments' overhead costs is closest to:
Suggested Answer: C
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26 comments · newest first
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Chandra
11 months ago
60% from Maintenance is a lot, wow!
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Melynda
11 months ago
I disagree, I feel like C is more accurate.
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Becky
11 months ago
Wait, how do we even calculate that? Seems complicated!
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Judy
12 months ago
I think option B is the right answer.
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Aretha
12 months ago
Looks like Maintenance has a big impact on costs!
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Sabra
1 year ago
I feel like the answer is going to be around $71,000 based on my calculations, but I’m not completely confident. I hope I didn’t make a mistake!
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Cordie
1 year ago
I’m a bit uncertain about how to apply the percentages for the overheads after reapportionment. Does anyone remember how we handled that in practice?
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Fabiola
1 year ago
I think we need to solve those equations for M and S first before we can find the total overhead for Production Department 1, right?
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Johnetta
1 year ago
I remember we did a similar question on reapportionment last week, but I’m not sure how to set up the equations correctly for this one.
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Allene
1 year ago
This looks straightforward enough. I'll just need to be careful with the percentages and calculations. I'm confident I can get the right answer if I work through it step-by-step.
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Kenny
1 year ago
I've seen similar problems before, so I think I have a good strategy. I'll set up the equations, plug in the given values, and then calculate the final overhead for Department 1.
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Rozella
1 year ago
I'm a bit confused by the equations for reapportioning the service department costs. I'll need to make sure I understand how those work before I can solve this.
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Tequila
1 year ago
Okay, let me think this through step-by-step. First, I need to calculate the total Maintenance and Stores overhead after the reapportionment. Then I can figure out how much of that gets allocated to Department 1.
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Effie
1 year ago
This looks like a tricky overhead allocation problem. I'll need to carefully work through the given equations and percentages to determine the total production overhead for Department 1.
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Ceola
1 year ago
The key here is to configure the restriction tables to block the specific trunk access codes for both phone system integrations. Option A seems like the best way to address the toll fraud prevention requirement.
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Rima
1 year ago
This is a tricky one. Compromising accounts could potentially assist with multiple types of attacks, so I think the answer is E - all of the above. I'll double-check my work, but that's my best guess.
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Dino
1 year ago
Okay, let me see... I think I need to elevate my role to security_admin, but I'm not totally sure.
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Carissa
1 year ago
This seems straightforward. The Postfix configuration file is typically located in the /etc/postfix directory, and the main configuration file is called 'main.cf'. Option A is the correct answer.
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Laurel
1 year ago
Hmm, I'm a bit unsure about this. I know there are different types of economic systems, but I can't quite remember all the specific categories. I'll have to think this through carefully.
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Izetta
1 year ago
I'm feeling pretty confident about this one. The answer is clearly to implement the virtual PortChannel on the ACI leaves to connect the servers.
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Wilford
1 year ago
I'm a bit confused on the difference between the Inclusion and Exclusion policies. I'll need to double-check the documentation to make sure I select the right option.
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Audry
2 years ago
That's great! I will trust your calculation and go with option C.
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Lovetta
2 years ago
I calculated it and I think the answer is option C) $70,720.
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Ciara
2 years ago
I believe we need to use the given equations for reapportionment to find the total production overhead for Department 1.
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Mona
2 years ago
I agree, it looks like we need to carefully calculate the overhead costs.
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Audry
2 years ago
I think this question is quite challenging.