After starting his rst fulltime position for a private company, George was anxious to go above and beyond the expectations of his supervisor. So, when Sandra asked him to complete the support department cost allocations for all departments using the same method as they used last year, he thought. "Here's my chance!\" In addition to the step method that this company was currently using, George remembered learningtwo other methods for allocatingthese coststhe direct method and the reciprocal method. The two operating segments of this company reect their locationsSuburban and Downtown. The two support departments are Administrative Services and Maintenance Services. Their costs have been allocated by administrative hours and maintenance hours, respectively. Here are the relevant costs and usages for all four of these departments. Support Departments Operating Departments Administrative Maintenance Suburban Downtown Original cost $56,000 $41,000 $202,000 $228,000 Administrative hours used 100 250 150 Maintenance hours used 200 350 650 (a) Rankthetwo support departments based on their original cost (as was done last year), and allocate the support department costs usingthe step method. Operating Departments Sub u rban Downtown Costs $ $