Marks Corporation has two operating departments, Drilling and Grinding, and an office. The three categories of office expenses are allocated to the two departments using different allocation bases. The following information
is available for the current period:
office Expenses
Salaries
Depreciation
Advertising
Total
$52,000
37,000
75,000
Allocation Basis
Number of employees
Cost of goods sold
Net sales
Item
Number of employees
Net sales
Cost of goods sold
Drilling Grinding Total
1,600 2,400
4,000
$400,000 $600,000 $1,000,000
$152,000 $248,000 $ 400,000
The amount of depreciation that should be allocated to Drilling for the current period is.

Wo firms, a and b, each currently dump 50 tons of chemicals into the local river. the government has decided to reduce the pollution and from now on will require a pollution permit for each ton of pollution dumped into the river. it costs firm a $100 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river, and it costs firm b $50 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river. the government gives each firm 20 pollution permits. government officials are not sure whether to allow the firms to buy or sell the pollution permits to each other. what is the total cost of reducing pollution if firms are not allowed to buy and sell pollution permits from each other? what is the total cost of reducing pollution if the firms are allowed to buy and sell permits from each other? a. $3,000; $1,500 b. $4,500; $3,500 c. $4,500; $4,000 d. $4,500; $2,500