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Assume a company provided the following information: Service Departments Operating Departments Cafeteria Janitorial Lab Tech Departmental costs $ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0

Assume a company provided the following information:
Service Departments Operating Departments
Cafeteria Janitorial Lab Tech
Departmental costs $ 200,000 $ 140,000 $ 2,320,000 $ 950,000
Number of employees 10204060
Square feet of space occupied 3,0002,00011,0009,000
If the company
uses the step-down method (beginning with the Cafeteria) to allocate service department costs to operating departments
allocates Cafeteria costs based on the number of employees
allocates Janitorial costs based on square feet of space of occupied
Then the total service department costs allocated to the Tech Department is closest to:

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