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A company has two main business lines: Manufacturing and Refurbishment. Manufacturing involves building new cabins for installation into new ships, and Refurbishment involves refurbishing old

A company has two main business lines: Manufacturing and Refurbishment. Manufacturing involves building new cabins for installation into new ships, and Refurbishment involves refurbishing old cabins already installed in ships.There are also three support departments: Building, HQ and Material Handling. HQ costs are allocated on the basis of raw material and overhead costs (before allocations). Support department costs are allocated in the following order: Building 1st, HQ 2nd and Material Handling 3rd. Financial and non-financial about each responsibility centre is as follows:

Building HQ Mat. Handling Manufacturing Refurbishment Total
Support Dept Support Dept Support Dept Business Line Business Line
Overhead costs (in $) 80,000 550,000 100,000 1,500,000 400,000 2,630,000
Employees (in bodies) 2 2 2 5 6 17
Facilities (in m2) 1,000 2,000 3,000 9,000 1,000 16,000
materials used (in$) 0 0 0 1,402,000 298,000 1,700,000
Direct Labour (in hrs) 0 0 0 7,400 8,200 15,600

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Using the Step-down method allocate overhead costs to the two Business lines. Determine the cost per Direct Labour Hours for each Business Line.

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