University Printers has two service departments (Maintenance and Personnel) and two operating departments (Printing and Developing). Management has decided to allocate maintenance costs on the basis of machine-hours in each department and personnel costs on the basis of labor-hours worked by the employees in each.

The following data appear in the company records for the current period:

	Maintenance			Personnel			Printing			Developing
Machine-hours					1,000			1,000			3,000
Labor-hours		500						500			2,000
Department direct costs	$	5,000		$	12,000		$	15,000		$	10,000

Required:

Allocate the service department costs using the reciprocal method. (Matrix algebra is not required because there are only two service departments.

University Printers has two service departments (Maintenance and Personnel) and two operating departments (Printing and Developing). Management has decided to allocate maintenance costs on the basis of machine-hours in each department and personnel costs on the basis of labor-hours worked by the employees in each.

The following data appear in the company records for the current period:

	Maintenance			Personnel			Printing			Developing
Machine-hours					1,000			1,000			3,000
Labor-hours		500						500			2,000
Department direct costs	$	5,000		$	12,000		$	15,000		$	10,000

Required:

Allocate the service department costs using the reciprocal method. (Matrix algebra is not required because there are only two service departments.) FULL IMAGE IS WHAT YOU SEE