Which of the following is an advantage of using the plantwide overhead rate method?

Multiple Choice

It emphasizes activities and their costs and arguably better reflects how overhead cost is used in making products.

It takes into account that when products differ in batch size and complexity, they usually consume different amounts of overhead resources.

Each department has its own overhead rate and its own allocation base.

It helps distinguish value$-$added activities from non$-$value$-$added activities.

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