The Ram Manufacturing Company has two service departments: Maintenance and Accounting. The Maintenance Department's costs of $300,000 are allocated on the basis of machine hours. The Accounting Department's costs of $120,000 are allocated on the basis of the number of employees within a specific department. The direct departmental costs for A and B are $300,000 and $500,000, respectively. What is the Maintenance Department's cost allocated to Department B using the step method and assuming the Maintenance Department's costs are allocated first?

A.

$276,000.

B.

$230,000.

C.

$322,000.

D.

$23,810.

Acctg Maint 480 2 A 2,300 Machine hours Number of employees