Provide general discussion on predetermined variable overhead criterion and its possible dependence on the activity for which it is used. Provide a variable costing income statement in which variable overhead is divided among different activities, and that each activity has its own predetermined variable overhead criterion.

The following is a partially completed lower section of a departmental expense allocation for Cozy Bookstore. It reports the total amounts of direct and indirect expenses allocated to its five $(5)$ departments. Allocate the expenses of the two service departments $($advertising and purchasing$)$ to the three operating departments and provide the complete income statement.$\backslash$table$[[$Allocattion Base,$\backslash$table$[[$Expense$],[$Account Bal.$]],$Allocation of Expenses to Departments,$\backslash$table$[[$Newspapers$],[$Dept$.]]],[\backslash$table$[[$Advertsing$],[$Dept$.]],\backslash$table$[[$Purchasing$],[$Dept$.]],\backslash$table$[[$Books$],[$Dept$.]],\backslash$table$[[$Magazines$],[$Dept$.]]],[$Total department expenses.........,$$698,000,$$$24,000\_\_,$$$34,000,$$$425,000,$$$90,000,$$$125,000],[$Service department expenses,,,,,,$],[$Advertising department............. Sales,,?,,?,?,?$],[$Purchasing department..............Purch. orders,,,?,?,?,?$],[\backslash$table$[[$Total expenses allocated to$],[$operating departments............$]],?,$$$,$$$,?,?,?]]$

THERE ARE $3$ PARTS TOP THIS ASSIGNMENTS I COULDNOT UPLOAD ALL IN ONE QUESTION SO SEPERATNG THEM