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CIMA Exam CIMAPRA17-BA2-1 Topic 1 Question 66 Discussion

Actual exam question for CIMA's CIMAPRA17-BA2-1 exam
Question #: 66
Topic #: 1
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A company has two production departments and two service departments (Maintenance and Stores). The overhead costs of each of the departments are as follows.

The following equations represent the reapportionment of each of the service department overheads to the other.

M = 4,700 + 0.1S

S = 5,800 + 0.2M

Where M = total Maintenance overhead after reapportionment from Stores

S = total Stores overhead after reapportionment from Maintenance

60% of the total Maintenance overhead and 50% of the total Stores overhead are to be apportioned to Production Department 1.

The total production overhead for Production Department 1 after reapportionment of the service departments' overhead costs is closest to:

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Filiberto
5 months ago
I agree, let's work through the calculations step by step.
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Tegan
5 months ago
Then we can use the given equations to find the total production overhead for Department Gaston.
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Freeman
5 months ago
I think we need to first calculate the total overhead costs for each department.
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Glory
5 months ago
Yes, I'm not sure how to approach it.
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Gaston
5 months ago
This question seems quite complex.
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Dalene
5 months ago
I agree, let's work through the calculations step by step.
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Tracey
5 months ago
Then we can use the given equations to find the total production overhead for Department Erick.
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Becky
6 months ago
I think we need to first calculate the total overhead costs for each department.
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Georgeanna
6 months ago
Yes, I'm not sure how to approach it.
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Erick
6 months ago
This question seems quite complex.
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