(1) Joe's Tire Company has two support departments, Personnel and Maintenance. The Maintenance Department costs of $80,000 are allocated on the basis of standard service hours used. The Personnel Department costs of $20,000 are allocated based on the number of employees. Costs of Departments A and B are $40,000 and $60,000, respectively.

Data on standard service hours and number of employees are as follows:

	Maintenance Dept.	Personnel Dept.	Production Dept. A	Production Dept. B
Standard service hours used	200	200	240	160
Number of employees	10	20	40	120

What is the cost allocated from the Maintenance Department to Department A using the

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method if the Personnel Department is allocated first?

A.

$48,000

B.

$48,706

C.

$12,000

D.

$5,000

E.

$14,118