Fans 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:   SERVICE DEPARTMENT SERVICES PROVIDED TO Design Support Assembly Finishing Product Design 0% 10% 30% 60% Engineering Support 20% 0% 45% 35%   The direct operating costs of the departments (including both variable and fixed costs) were as follows:   Product Design $ 105,000 Engineering Support $ 195,000 Assembly $ 540,000 Finishing $ 790,000   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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Fans 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:

 

SERVICE DEPARTMENT SERVICES PROVIDED TO
Design Support Assembly Finishing
Product Design 0% 10% 30% 60%
Engineering Support 20% 0% 45% 35%

 

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

 

Product Design $ 105,000
Engineering Support $ 195,000
Assembly $ 540,000
Finishing $ 790,000

 

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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