Second Chance Welding rebuilds spot welders for manufacturers. The following budgeted cost data for 2020 is available for Second Chance.

			Time Charges			Material Loading Charges
	Technicians' wages and benefits		$189,800				-
	Parts manager's salary and benefits		-				$40,500
	Office employee's salary and benefits		36,500				9,940
	Other overhead		14,600				24,960
	Total budgeted costs		$240,900				$75,400

The company desires a $36 profit margin per hour of labor and a 29.00% profit margin on parts. It has budgeted for 7,300 hours of repair time in the coming year, and estimates that the total invoice cost of parts and materials in 2020 will be $416,000.

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Pace Corporation has requested an estimate to rebuild its spot welder. Second Chance estimates that it would require 44 hours of labor and $2,400 of parts. Compute the total estimated bill. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 10.50.)

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