Armidale University offers only high-tech graduate-level programs.Armidale has two principal operating departments,Engineering and Computer Sciences,and two support departments,Facility and Technology Maintenance and Enrollment Services.The base used to allocate Facility and Technology Maintenance is budgeted total maintenance hours.The base used to allocate Enrollment Services is number of credit hours for a department.The Facility and Technology Maintenance budget is $500 000,while the Enrollment Services budget is $1 200 000.The following chart summarises budgeted amounts and allocation-base amounts used by each department:

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\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline&\text { Budget } & \text { Engineering } & \begin{array}{c}\text { Computer } \\\text { Sciences }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}\text { F\&T } \\\text { Maintenance }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}\text { Enrollment } \\\text { Services }\end{array}\\\hline \begin{array}{c}\text { F\& T } \\\text { Maintenance } \\\text { (in hours) }\end{array} & \$ 500000 & 2000 & 5000 & \text { Zero } & 1000 \\\hline \begin{array}{c}\text { Enrollment } \\\text { Services } \\\text { (incredit hrs) }\end{array} & \$ 1200000 & 24000 & 36000 & 2000 & \text { Zero }\\\hline\end{array}

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Prepare a schedule which allocates service department costs using the step-down method with the sequence of allocation based on the highest-percentage support concept.Compute the total amount of support costs allocated to each of the two principal operating departments,Engineering and Computer Sciences.
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The Step-Down Allocation Method

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