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This week's question focuses on cost allocation. A major manufacturer decided to put one of its divisions up for sale because managerial information showed the components produced by this division is losing money. A group of employees in the division purchased it. Under the new ownership, the division immediately became profitable. A. Why do you think the division was profitable immediately under the new ownership? B. What kind of cost allocation method may have caused the sale of a profitable division, and can you suggest a better method of cost allocation? Explain why? Note the use of the word immediately above!

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