Problem 4-14 Compute and Use Activity Rates to Determine the Costs of Serving Customers [LO4-2, LO4-3,...

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Problem 4-14 Compute and Use Activity Rates to Determine the Costs of Serving Customers [LO4-2, LO4-3, LO4-4] Gino's Restaurant is a popular restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts. The owner of the restaurant has been trying to better understand costs at the restaurant and has hired a student intern to conduct an activity-based costing study. The intern, in consultation with the owner, identified the following major activities: Activity Cost Pool Serving a party of diners Serving diner Serving drinks Activity Measure Number of parties served Number of diners served Number of drinks ordered A group of diners who ask to sit at the same table is counted as a party. Some costs, such as the costs of cleaning linen, are the same whether one person is at a table or the table is full. Other costs, such as washing dishes, depend on the number of diners served Data concerning these activities are shown below: Total cost Total activity re to search Serving a Party $33,000 Serving Diner $142,000 Secving Drinks 381,200 Total $250,000 8,000 parties 20,000 diners 58,000 drinks Problem 4-14 Compute and Use Activity Rates to Determine the Costs of Serving Customers [LO4-2, LO4-3, LO4-4] Gino's Restaurant is a popular restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts. The owner of the restaurant has been trying to better understand costs at the restaurant and has hired a student intern to conduct an activity-based costing study. The intern, in consultation with the owner, identified the following major activities: Activity Cost Pool Serving a party of diners Serving diner Serving drinks Activity Measure Number of parties served Number of diners served Number of drinks ordered A group of diners who ask to sit at the same table is counted as a party. Some costs, such as the costs of cleaning linen, are the same whether one person is at a table or the table is full. Other costs, such as washing dishes, depend on the number of diners served Data concerning these activities are shown below: Total cost Total activity re to search Serving a Party $33,000 Serving Diner $142,000 Secving Drinks 381,200 Total $250,000 8,000 parties 20,000 diners 58,000 drinks