Problem 7-41 (Algo) Departmental Cost Allocation; Service Company [LO 7-3, 7-5] Comprehensive Insurance Company has two product lines: health insurance and auto insurance. The two product lines are served by three operating departments, which are necessary for providing the two types of products: claims processing, administration, and sales. These three operating departments are supported by two departments: Information technology and operations. The support provided by information technology and operations to the other departments is shown below. Information technology Operations Support Departments Information. Operating Departments Operations 20% Claims Processing 20% Administration 40% Sales 20% 10% 10 50 30 Technology The total costs incurred in the five departments are: Information technology Operations $ 615,000 1,730,000 320,000 584,000 550,000 $3,799,000 Clains processing Administration Sales Total costs. Required: Determine the total costs in each of the three operating departments, after departmental allocations, using (a) the direct method, (b) the step method (first for information technology going first in the allocation and then for operations going first), and (c) the reciprocal method. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round final answers to the nearest dollar.)