ACCT 6352 Barstow Manufacturing Company has two service departments

1. Barstow Manufacturing Company has two service departments — product design andengineering support, and two production departments — assembly and finishing. Thedistribution of each service department’s efforts to the other departments is shown below:The direct operating costs of the departments (including both variable and fixed costs) wereas follows:Determine the cost allocated to the Assembly and Finishing using the (a) direct method (2) thestep method (with Design department going first) (3) reciprocal method