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Question - Need assistance with the problems below determining allocation St. Phinance Hospital The St. Phinance Hospital laundry department cleans laboratory jackets for the housekeeping and laboratory departments. The budgeted volume of jackets was 100 for housekeeping and 200 for laboratory. Housekeeping actually used 100, but laboratory used only 150. Fixed costs for the jacket laundry were budgeted at $150. Variable costs were budgeted at $1.00 per jacket. Actual total costs were $400

a. If budgeted costs are allocated based on budgeted volume, how much would be allocated to each department?

b. If actual costs are allocated based on actual volume, how much is allocated to each department?

c. If you decide to use two allocation rates, one for fixed costs and one for variable costs, fixed costs should be allocated based on the (budgeted or actual) volume and variable costs should be allocated based on the (budgeted or actual) volume.