Lunchco Inc. produces picnic tables in a two-step process. Pretreated wood is cut in the Cutting Department and then the lumber is assembled into tables in the Assembly Department. It takes 30 minutes of direct labor time to cut the lumber and the standard hourly labor rate in the Cutting Department is $12. The tables take one hour to assemble and the standard hourly rate in the Assembly Department is $10. If Lunchcos production budget is 20,000, what is the companys direct labor budget?

(a.) $340,000 (b.) $320,000 (c.) $270,000 (d.) $260,000