Comprehensive support department allocations Management at C. Pier Press has decided to allocate costs of the paper's two support departments (administration and human resources) to the two revenue-generating departments (advertising and circulation). Administration costs are to be allocated on the basis of dollars of assets employed; human resources costs are to be allocated on the basis of number of employees. The following costs and allocation bases are available: 4 Department Administration Human resources Advertising Circulation Totals Direct Costs Number of Employees Assets Employed $312,600 $154,840 197,080 3 116,680 383,120 5 304,960 541,040 10 748,120 $1,433,840 $1,324,600 22 a. Using the direct method, allocate the support department costs to the revenue-generating departments. Note: Round percentages in your calculation to the nearest whole percent (for example, round 34.5% to 35%). Note: Round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar. Amount allocated to Advertising: $ 0 Amount allocated to Circulation: $ 0 b. Using your answer to (a), what are the total costs of the revenue- generating departments after the allocations? Advertising total costs $ 0 Circulation total costs $ 0 c. Assuming that the benefits-provided ranking is the order shown in the table, use the step method to allocate the support department costs to the revenue-generating departments. Nae: Round your final answers only to the nearest whole dollar. Amount allocated to Advertising: $ 0 Amount allocated to Circulation: $ 0 d. Using your answer to (c), what are the total costs of the revenue- generating departments after the allocations? Advertising total costs $ 0 Circulation total costs $ 0 e. Using the algebraic method, allocate the support department costs to the revenue-generating departments. Note: Round percentages in your calculation to the nearest whole percent (for example, round 34.5% to 35%). Note: Round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar. Amount allocated to Advertising: $ 0 Amount allocated to Circulation: $ 0 f. Using your answer to (e), what are the total costs of the revenue- generating departments after the allocations? Advertising total costs $ 0 Circulation total costs $ 0