Barstow Manufacturing Company Has Two Service Departments — Product Design

Multiple Choice

Barstow Manufacturing Company has two service departments — product design and engineering support, and two production departments — assembly and finishing. The distribution of each service department's efforts to the other departments is shown below:The total cost accumulated in the assembly department using the step method is (calculate all ratios and percentages to 4 decimal places, for example 33.3333%, and round all dollar amounts to the nearest whole dollar; assume that the design department goes first) :

A) $1,000,125.
B) $1,890,000.
C) $689,875.
D) $642,000.
E) $923,000.