City Company has two service departments, Maintenance and Personnel, as well as two production departments, Mixing and Finishing. Maintenance costs are allocated based on square footage while personnel costs are allocated based on number of employees. The following information has been gathered for the current year:

	Maintenance	Personnel	Mixing	Finishing
Direct dept. costs	$18,000	$12,000	$15,000	$25,000
Sq. footage	800	400	1,600	1,200
No. of employees	8	12	24	32

If the stepdown method is used to allocate costs, and the Maintenance Department renders the greatest service, the total amount of overhead that would be allocated from Personnel to Mixing is

A. $9,000.

B. $6,000.

C. $5,143.

D. $6,107