Exercise 12-31 Cost Allocation in a College (LO 12-4) Lackawanna Community College has three divisions: Liberal Arts, Sciences, and Business Administration. The college's comptroller is trying to decide how to allocate the costs of the Admissions Department, the Registrar's Department, and the Computer Services Department. The comptroller has compiled the following data for the year just ended. Department Admissions Registrar Computer Services Annual Cost $ 127,000 215,000 456,000 Division Liberal Arts Sciences Business Administration Budgeted Enrollment 2,000 1,300 1,200 Budgeted Credit Hours 40,000 35,500 29,500 Planned Courses Requiring Computer Work 22 34 33 Required: 1. Distribute the departmental costs to the college's three divisions based on the allocation base given. 2. Choose the better allocation base for distributing the cost to the following departments: Required: 1. Distribute the departmental costs to the college's three divisions based on the allocation base given. 2. Choose the better allocation base for distributing the cost to the following departments: Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Distribute the departmental costs to the college's three divisions based on the allocation base given. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar.) Division Department and Allocation Base Liberal Arts Sciences Business Administration Total Cost Allocated 0 Admissions (enrollment) Registrar (credit hours) Computer Services (courses requiring computer) $ $ 0 $ 0 Required: 1. Distribute the departmental costs to the college's three divisions based on the allocation base given. 2. Choose the better allocation base for distributing the cost to the following departments: Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Choose the better allocation base for distributing the cost to the following departments: Registrar Computer Services