The Science Institute has three departments: Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. The institute's controller wants to estimate the cost of operating each department. He has identified severat indirect costs that must be allocated to each department including $$61,000$ of indirect salaries, $$13,500$ of office supplies, and $$45,500$ of office rent. There are $500$ students in the biology department, $200$ in chemistry and $300$ in physics $(1,000$ total students as the allocation base$).$ The amount of cost that should be allocated to the Chemistry Department is $q,$

$$60,000.$

None of these answers are correct.

$$24,000.$

$$36,000$