Weldon corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing accounting system: indirect factory wages $ 340,000 factory equipment depreciation $ 240,000 distribution of resource consumption across activity cost pools: activity cost pools customer orders product processing other total indirect factory wages 25% 65% 10% 100% factory equipment depreciation 40% 40% 20% 100% the "other" activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs that are not assigned to products. how much indirect factory wages and factory equipment depreciation cost would not be assigned to products using the activity-based costing system?

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