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Berkeley Inc. produces multiple products and incurs significant amounts indirect costs. Which of the following options would likely help Berkeley improve the accuracy of its indirect cost allocation to its different products?
Use a single allocation base to allocate the company's indirect costs instead of having multiple allocation bases
Ensure each indirect cost pool contains cost items that are driven by the same cost driver
Use actual costing instead of normal costing
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Statement 1 only
Statement 2 only
Statement 3 only
Statement 1, 2 and 3
None of above statements
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