explain how activity-based costing improves the accuracy in determining the cost of products compared to traditional costing methods, 2) identify potential cost centers and cost drivers in an activity-based costing system, and provide examples of cost centers in a manufacturing or service setting and discuss how cost drivers are linked to these centers.
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