Andover,, Inc., has two producing departments. Each producing department is held responsible for a share of the costs of a support department. Actual and budgeted data are as follows:

Support department hours used:
Department L	12,000
Department M	4,000
Total hours	16,000
Support department costs:
Actual support department costs	$48,000
Budgeted fixed department costs	$20,000
Budgeted variable rate per hour	$ 2.50

Normal support department usage is 8,000 hours each for Department L and Department M. Assuming the direct method is used and the purpose is product costing, support department costs allocated to Department L are

Select one:

a. $30,000.

b. $20,400.

c. $24,800.

d. $20,000.