Cordner Corporation has two production Departments: P1 and P2 and two service departments: S1 and S2. Direct costs for each department and the proportion of service costs used by the various departments for the month of July are as follows: Proportion of Services Used S1 Department S1 S2 P1 P2 Direct costs $180,000 $162.000 $ 197000 $140000 S2 0.70 P1 0.10 0.300.50 P2 0.20 0.20 Under the step-method of cost allocation, the amount of costs allocated from $2 to P2 would be. a. $81000b. $84 250c. $180,000d. $93.500

In the 1970s, kmart used blue light specials to encourage customers to flock to a particular department having a temporary sale. a spinning blue light activated for approximately 30 seconds, and then an in-store announcement informed shoppers of the special savings in the specific department. over time, loyal kmart shoppers learned to flock to the department with the spinning blue light before any announcement of special savings occurred. if kmart was employing classical conditioning techniques, what role did the spinning blue light play?