Miracle Consulting Corporation has its headquarters in Chicago and operates from three branch offices in Portland, Dallas, and Miami. Two of the company's activity cost pools are General Service and Research Service. These costs are allocated to the three branch offices using an activity-based costing system. Information for next year follows: Activity Cost Pool Activity Measure Estimated Cost General service % of time devoted to branch $ 840,000 Research service Computer time $ 237,160 Estimated b