Hannibal Steel Company has a Transport Services Department that provides trucks to haul ore from the company's mine to its two steel mills-the Northern Plant and the Southern Plant. Budgeted costs for the Transport Services Department total $171,600 per year, consisting of $0.21 per ton variable cost and $121,600 fixed cost. The level of fixed cost is determined by peak-period requirements. During the peak period, the Northern Plant requires 67% of the Transport Services Department's capacity and the Southern Plant requires 33% During the year, the Transport Services Department actually hauled 127,000 tons of ore to the Northern Plant and 56,900 tons to the Southern Plant. The Transport Services Department incurred $362,000 in cost during the year, of which $52,500 was variable cost and $309,500 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 $309,500 in fixed cost should be charged to each plant? 3. Should any of the Transport Services Department's actual total cost of $362,000 be treated as a spending variance and not charged to the plants? Ro Beerences Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required Required 2 Required 3 How much of the Transport Services Department's variable costs should be charged to each plant Vasco hard to Northern Plant Variatico charge touthern Plan > Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 How much of the fixed cost should be charged to each plant? Fixed cost charged to Northern Plant Fixed cost charged to Southern Plant Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Should any of the Transport Services Department's actual total cost of $362,000 be treated as a spending variance and not charged to the plants? Spending variance