Pardee, Inc

Multiple Choice

Pardee, Inc. allocates engineering costs on the basis of the supervisor's time and administration costs on the basis of the number of employees. The company's accountant determined that engineering provides more services to administration than administration provides to engineering. The following data have been collected: If the reciprocal method is used, what is the amount of engineering cost that will be allocated to all of the other departments? Note: round any support department usage percentages to 2 decimals.

A) $21,456
B) $24,330
C) $26,432
D) $25,406