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Arbon Company has three service departments and two operating departments. Selected data for the five departments are presented below: Service Departments Operations Departments Management Regarding

Arbon Company has three service departments and two operating departments. Selected data for the five departments are presented below:

Service DepartmentsOperations Departments
ManagementRegarding the maintenance workerEquipment
Maintenance
preparationfinishingTotal
Costs$84,000
$67,800
$36,000
$256,100
$498,600
$942,500
Number of Employees8060240600300
1,280
Square meter occupied area300
1,200

1,000

2,000

7,000

11,500
machine-clock10.000
30,000

40,000


The company allocates service department costs in the following order: Administrative (number of employees), Cleaning (footprint), and Equipment Maintenance (machine-hour).


Required:
Assuming the company uses the direct method instead of the staggered method to allocate service department costs, how much overhead is assigned to each business department? (Negative amounts should be indicated with a minus sign.)

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