Concord Partners provides management consulting services to government and corporate clients. Concord has two support departments$-$administrative services $($AS$)$ and information systems $($IS$)-$and two operating departments$-$government consulting $($GOVT$)$ and corporate consulting $($CORP$).$ For the first quarter of $2020,$ Concord's cost records indicate the following:

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Read the requirements.

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Requirement $2.$ Compare and explain differences in the support$-$department costs allocated to each operating department.

Begin by entering the total support$-$department costs allocated to each operating department under each of the methods below. Please answer requirement $1$c $($the one above $2)$and $2$ with the chart for clear understanding