The Department of Customer Service$$s Accounting Division bases its budget request for the following year on the average of its actual expenses for the previous four years. The division has both fixed costs, which remain the same year$-$to$-$year, and variable costs, which fluctuate year$-$to$-$year. Each year$$s budget request is determined by adding the fixed costs for the current year to the average of the variable costs for the previous four years. Below is a summary of the Accounting Division$$s fixed and variable costs for the years $2018$ through $2021.$

Fixed Costs

$2018$

$2019$

$2020$

$2021$

Facility Fee

$36,569\mathrm{.}98$

$36,569\mathrm{.}98$

$36,569\mathrm{.}98$

$36,569\mathrm{.}98$

Software Licenses

$4,146\mathrm{.}25$

$4,146\mathrm{.}25$

$4,146\mathrm{.}25$

$4,146\mathrm{.}25$

Telephone and Internet Services

$2,046\mathrm{.}36$

$2,046\mathrm{.}36$

$2,046\mathrm{.}36$

$2,046\mathrm{.}36$

Variable Costs

$2018$

$2019$

$2020$

$2021$

Staffing

$481,658\mathrm{.}12$

$388,368\mathrm{.}78$

$379,658\mathrm{.}04$

$386,459\mathrm{.}05$

Staff Training

$1,668\mathrm{.}82$

$1,223\mathrm{.}54$

$972\mathrm{.}12$

$1,746\mathrm{.}33$

Supplies

$2,268\mathrm{.}79$

$2,127\mathrm{.}45$

$2,325\mathrm{.}23$

$2,528\mathrm{.}69$

$26.$ According to the information above, what will the accounting division$$s approximate budget be for the year $2022?$

a$.$ $$433,497$

b$.$ $$455,514$

c$.$ $$1,693,768$

d$.$ $$1,822,055$