1. The Speedjet Aircraft Corporation has a central materials laboratory. The laboratory has only two users, the Large Plane Department and the Small Plane Department. The following data apply to the coming budget year:

Budgeted costs of operating the materials laboratory for 100,000 to 200,000 technician hours per year:

Fixed costs per year $8,200,000

Variable costs $74 per technician hour

Budgeted long-run usage in hours per year:

Large Plane Department 90,000 technician hours

Small Plane Department 110,000 technician hours

Budgeted amounts are used to calculate the allocation rates.

Actual usage for the year by the Large Plane Department was 70,000 technician hours and by the Small Plane Department was 80,000 technician hours. If a dual-rate cost-allocation method is used, what amount of materials laboratory costs will be budgeted for the Small Plane Department?

a. $14,153,333

b. $9,200,000

c. $12,650,000

d. $10,293,333