Mackenzie Consulting computes the cost of each consultingengagement by adding a portion of firmwide support costs to thelabor cost of the consults on the engagement. The support costs areassigned to each consulting engagement using a cost driver ratebased on consultant labor costs. Mackenzie Consultingssupport costs are $5 million per year, and total consultant laborcost is estimated at $2.5 million per year.

a. What is MackenzieConsultings support cost driver rate?

b. If the consultant labor coston an engagement is $25,000, what cost will Mackenzie Consultingcompute as the total cost of the consulting engagement