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Austin Partners provides management consuting seevices to government and corporate clents. Austin has two supcort departments - administrative services (A.5) and information sydems (15) - and two operating departments-government consuiting (GOVT) and corporate consulting (CORP) For the first quartar of 2020, Autin's cost records indicate the following: (Click the icon to view the cost rucards.) Reat the recourements The two support departments' costs hawe been allocated to the two operating departments using the direct method and the step-down method (AS decurtment first) and the step-down method (is department first). The results of the allocations are as follows: (Click the icon so view the direct molihod) (Click ine icon to vew the step-down method (AS firmp). fClick the icon to view the atep-down meenod (is frsip) fClick the icon bo virw a summary of the three methodes? Requirement 1a. Allocate the two suppor departments' costs to the two operating departments using the teciprocal mechod Fint, determine the Inear equations for each sisport eepartinent. Ase 15. Data table Requirements 1. Allocate the two support departments' costs to the two operating departments using the reciprocal method. Use (a) linear equation and (b) repeated iterations. 2. Compare and explain differences in requirement 1 with those of the direct method and the step down method. Which method do you prefer? Why? Direct method Step-down method (AS first) Step-down method (IS first) Reference