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:   FROM TO   Design   Support   Assembly   Finishing Design 0 %   10 %   30 %   60 % Support 20 %   0 %   45 %   35 %     The direct operating costs of the departments (including both variable and fixed costs) were as follows:         Design $ 140,000 Engineering Support $ 160,000 Assembly $ 550,000 Finishing $ 840,000     The total cost accumulated in the assembly department using the reciprocal 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):

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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:

 

FROM TO
  Design   Support   Assembly   Finishing
Design 0 %   10 %   30 %   60 %
Support 20 %   0 %   45 %   35 %
 

 

The direct operating costs of the departments (including both variable and fixed costs) were as follows:

 

     
Design $ 140,000
Engineering Support $ 160,000
Assembly $ 550,000
Finishing $ 840,000
 

 

The total cost accumulated in the assembly department using the reciprocal 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):

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