Crystal Scarves & Co. produces winter scarves. The scarves are produced in the Cutting and Sewing departments. The Maintenance and Security departments support these production departments, and allocate costs based on machine hours and square feet, respectively. Information about each department is provided in the following table:

Using the sequential method and allocating the support department with the highest costs first, allocate all support department costs to the production departments. Then compute the total cost of each production department.

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Department Maintenance Department Security Department Cutting Department Sewing Department Total Cost Number of Employees 6 Machine Hours 57 Square Feet $ 2,300 800 3,000 4 600 3,700 3,200 19,600 20 5,550 20,800 18 4,000