The RAH Manufacturing Company has two service departments: Maintenance and Accounting. The Maintenance Department's costs of $313,000 are allocated on the basis of machine hours. The Accounting Department's costs of $133,000 are allocated on the basis of the number of employees within a specific department. The direct departmental costs for A and B are $313,000 and $513,000, respectively.

Maint Acctg A B

Machine hours 506 33 2,560 330

Number of employees 15 15 21 17

What is the Accounting Department's cost allocated to Department B using the direct method?

$59,500.

$3,500.

$73,500.

$52,500.