Question: Exercise 22B-4 Direct Method [LO4-10] The Ferre Publishing Company has three service departments and two operating departments. Selected data from a recent period on the

Exercise 22B-4 Direct Method [LO4-10]

The Ferre Publishing Company has three service departments and two operating departments. Selected data from a recent period on the five departments follow:

Service Departments

Operating Departments

Administrative Janitorial Maintenance Binding Printing Total
Costs $92,100 $71,700 $42,900 $253,500 $491,300 $951,500
Number of employees 80 100 310 680 240 1,410
Square feet of space occupied 3,400 12,800 10,500 10,600 71,800 109,100
Hours of press time 11,000 28,300 39,300

Required:

Assuming that the company uses the direct method rather than the step-down method to allocate service department costs, how much cost would be assigned to each operating department? (Please enter allocations from a department as negative and allocations to a department as positive. The line should add across to zero. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to the nearest dollar amount.)

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