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The Ferre Publishing Company has three service departments and two operating departments. Selected data from a recent period on the five departments follow:

	Service Departments			Operating Departments		Total
	Administration	Janitorial	Maintenance	Binding	Printing
Costs	$ 151,200	$ 113,400	$ 51,840	$ 297,000	$ 464,400	$ 1,077,840
Number of employees	60	35	140	315	210	760
Square feet of space occupied	15,000	10,000	20,000	40,000	100,000	185,000
Hours of press time				30,000	60,000	90,000

The company allocates service department costs by the step-down method in the following order: Administration (number of employees), Janitorial (space occupied), and Maintenance (hours of press time).

Required:

Using the step-down method, allocate the service department costs to the operating departments. (Please enter allocations from a department as negative and allocations to a department as positive. The line should add across to zero. Do not round intermediate calculations.)

Check my work 7 Required information a department as negative and allocations to a department as positive. The line should add across to zero. Do not round intermediate calculations.) Part 1 of 2 Total 1.42 points Service Departments Operating Departments Administration Janitorial Maintenance Binding Printing $ 151,200 $ 113,400 $ 51,840 $ 297,000 $ 464,400 $ 1,077,840 Departmental costs before allocations Allocations: Administration costs eBook Janitorial costs Print Maintenance costs References Total costs after allocations $ 151,200 $ 113,400 51,840 $ 297.000 $ 464,400 $ 1,077,840