Hannibal Steel Company has a Transport Services Department that provides trucks to haul ore from the company's mine to its two steel millsthe Northern Plant and the Southern Plant. Budgeted costs for the Transport Services Department total $275,500 per year, consisting of $0.19 per ton variable cost and $225,500 fixed cost. The level of fixed cost is determined by peak-period requirements. During the peak period, the Northern Plant requires 54% of the Transport Services Department's capacity and the Southern Plant requires 46% During the year, the Transport Services Department actually hauled 127,000 tons of ore to the Northern Plant and 62,000 tons to the Southern Plant. The Transport Services Department incurred $356,000 in cost during the year, of which $52,300 was variable cost and $303,700 was fixed cost. Required: 1. How much of the Transport Services Department's variable costs should be charged to each plant? 2. How much of the $303,700 in fixed cost should be charged to each plant? 3. Should any of the Transport Services Department's actual total cost of $356,000 be treated as a spending variance and not charged to the plants? How much of the Transport Services Department's variable costs should be charged to each plant? Variable cost charged to Northern Plant Variable cost charged to Southern Plant How much of the fixed cost should be charged to each plant? Fixed cost charged to Northern Plant Fixed cost charged to Southern Plant Should any of the Transport Services Department's actual total cost of $356,000 be treated as a spending variance and not charged to the plants? Spending variance