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Consider the following data for a clinical laboratory: table [ [ Activity , table [ [ Annual ] , [ Costs ] ]

Consider the following data for a clinical laboratory:
\table[[Activity,\table[[Annual],[Costs]],\table[[Cost],[Driver]],Test A,Test B,Test C,Test D],[\table[[Specimen],[processing]],$10,000,\table[[Number],[of tests]],2,000,1,500,1,000,500],[\table[[Equipment],[set up]],$25,000,\table[[Minutes],[per test]],5,5,10,10],[Testing,$100,000,\table[[Minutes],[per test]],1,5,10,20],[\table[[Results],[capture]],$10,000,\table[[Minutes],[per test]],2,2,2,4],[\table[[Results],[transmission]],$5,000,\table[[Minutes],[per test]],3,3,3,3],[Total Costs,$150,000,\table[[Minutes],[per test]],,,,]]
A. Using the ABC (i.e. the activity-based costing) methodology, determine the appropriate cost allocation rate for each activity.
B. Based on the results from A, estimate the total cost of performing each test (A, B, C, D).
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