What is the total cost of the building?

Note: Round "Weighted$-$average rate of all debt" to $2$ decimal places but do not round other intermediate calculations. Enter

your answers in dollars rounded to the nearest whole number.

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Iotal cost or bullaingOn January $1,2024,$ the Mason Manufacturing Company began construction of a building to be used as its office

headquarters. The building was completed on September $30,2025.$ Expenditures on the project were as follows:

On January $1,2024,$ the company obtained a $$3$ million construction loan with a $14\%$ interest rate. Assume the $$3$

million loan is not specifically tied to construction of the building. The loan was outstanding all of $2024$ and $2025.$ The

company's other interest$-$bearing debt included two long$-$term notes of $$4,900,000$ and $$6,900,000$ with interest rates

of $5\%$ and $7\%,$ respectively. Both notes were outstanding during all of $2024$ and $2025.$ Interest is paid annually on all

debt. The company's fiscal year$-$end is December $31.$

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Using the weighted$-$average interest method, answer the following questions:

Calculate the amount of interest that Mason should capitalize in $2024$ and $2025$ using the weighted$-$average

method.

What is the total cost of the building?

Calculate the amount of interest expense that will appear in the $2024$ and $2025$ income statements.

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Calculate the amount of interest that Mason should capitalize in $2024$ and $2025$ using the weighted$-$average method.

Calculate the amount of interest expense that will appear in the $2024$ and $2025$ income statements.

Note: Round "Weighted$-$average rate of all debt" to $2$ decimal places but do not round other intermediate calculations. Enter

your answers in dollars rounded to the nearest whole number.