Q2. Z&C has two support departments, A1 and A2, and two operating departments, B1 and B2. Z&C has decided to use the direct method and allocate variable A1 dept. costs based on the number of transactions and fixed A1 dept. costs based on the number of employees. A2 dept. variable costs will be allocated based on the number of service requests and fixed costs will be allocated based on the number of computers. The following information is provided: (CH 8, 2.5 Marks)

	Support Departments		Operating Departments
	A1	A2	B1	B2
Total Department variable costs	5,000	6,000	38,000	21,000
Total department fixed costs	5,800	11,000	42,000	18,000
Number of transactions	15	18	80	45
Number of employees	5	7	15	12
Number of service requests	12	7	15	10
Number of computers	6	8	10	12

Allocate variable and fixed costs.

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