The Law Firm of Barnes & Cohen Purchased a New

Multiple Choice

The law firm of Barnes & Cohen purchased a new $17,600 copier. Copying costs will be shared by the purchasing, accounting, and information technology departments since those are the only departments that will have access to the machine. The company has decided to allocate the copying cost based on the number of copies made by each department. The sales person who sold the copier to the attorneys expects it will generate 1,000,000 copies. The manager of each department has estimated the number of copies that his or her department will make over the life of the copier: $$\begin{array} { l l } \text { Department } & \underline { \text { Copies } } \\\text { Purchasing } & 150,000 \\\text { Accounting } & 450,000 \\\text { Information Technology } & 200,000\end{array}$$ If the purchasing department makes 23,000 copies this quarter, how much copying cost will Barnes & Cohen allocate to purchasing?

A) $405
B) $2,699
C) $506
D) None of these answer choices are correct.