Hi there, this is the question i am trying to answer, How much of the first service department's cost will be assigned to the first production department using the direct method? Could you please walk me through step by step as to what you do to solve this question please so that I may understand and replicate for future :)

Q1: Allocation of service department costs: Ariya LTD has three production departments (P1, P2 and P3) and three service/support departments (S1, S2 and S3). Data regarding the original costs of all departments and the percentages of using supporting departments' services is presented in the following table