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Barfield Corporation prepares business plans and marketing analyses for startup companies in the Cleveland area. Borfield has been very successful in recent years in providing effective service to a growing number of clients. The company provides its service from a single office building in Cleveland and is organized into two main client-service groups: one for market research and the other for financial analysis. The two groups have budgeted annual costs of $590,000 and $750,000, respectively. In addition, Barfield has a support staff that is organized into two main functions: one for clerical, facilities, and logistical support (called the CFL group) and another for computer-related support. The CFL group has budgeted annual costs of $135,000, while the annual costs of the computer group are $714,000 Tom Brady, CFO of Borfield, plans to prepare a departmental cost allocation for his four groups, and he assembles the following Information Percentage of estimated dollars of work and time by CFL group: 10:37 10-service to the computer group 200-service to market research 701-service to financial analynn Percentage of estimated dollars of work and time by the computer group: 200-service to the CPL group 401-service to market research 401-service to financial analysis Required: Determine the total cost in the financial analysis and market research groups, after departmental allocation, using (a) the direct method, (b) the step method when the sourcing department that provides the greatest percentage of services to other service departments goes first, and (c) the reciprocal method. (Round percentage calculations to 4 decimal places (0.9., 33.3333%). Intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest dollar amount.) - O 101-service to the computer group 201-service to market research 701-service to financial analysis Percentage of estimated dollars of work and time by the computer group: 62.10:24 20-service to the CFL group 401-service to market research 404-service to financial analysis Required: Determine the total cost in the financial analysis and market research groups, ofter departmental allocation, using (a) the direct method. (b) the step method when the sourcing department that provides the greatest percentage of services to other service departments goes first, and (c) the reciprocal method (Round percentage calculations to 4 decimal places (e.g., 33.3333%), Intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest dollar amount.) Market Reserach Financial Analysis Total Producing Department Cost 0 a. The direct method b. The step method c. The reciprocal method $ 0 $ 0