The company is preparing its annual profit plan. As part of its analysis of the cost of its purchasing activity, management estimates that the $48,000 for purchasing support should be assigned to the individual vendors from the information given as follows:

	Vendor A	Vendor B
Units purchased	100,000	200,000
Purchase orders (annual)	6	24
Number of shipments received	12	52

What is the amount of the purchasing costs that should be allocated to Vendor A, assuming Co. uses number of shipments received to compute activity-based costs? (answer in $)