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ABC Airlines is a cargo air freight company and plans to add two new routes: Victoria to Los Angeles (Route 105) and Calgary to San

ABC Airlines is a cargo air freight company and plans to add two new routes: Victoria to Los Angeles (Route 105) and Calgary to San Francisco (Route 106).

The company is setting its rate charges for the two routes and expects to have:

625

Containers for Route 105

375

Containers for Route 106

1000

In addition, the company must complete regulatory forms as follows:

70

Forms per Flight for Route 105

30

Forms per Flight for Route 106

100

Preparation time it takes to load the containers per flight:

110

Hours per Flight for Route 105

120

Hours per Flight for Route 106

230

The company's total costs for the year are expected to be:

$600,000

Total Container Handling

$250,000

Total Regulatory Approval

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Under a traditionally-based accounting system, using container loads as basis for allocating overhead:

Determine the amount of overhead that will be assigned to Route 105.

Determine the amount of overhead that will be assigned to Route 106.

If the company switches to an ABC accounting system, then use the regulatory forms and hours to load containers to allocate overhead costs.

Determine the amount of overhead that will be assigned to Route 105.

Determine the amount of overhead that will be assigned to Route 106.

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