XYZ Company's customer service department follows up on customer complaints by telephone inquiry. During a recent period, the department initiated 7,000 calls and incurred costs of $203,000. If 3,000 of these calls were for the company's marketing division (the remainder were for the retail division), costs allocated to the retail division should amount to:

XYZ Company's customer service department follows up on customer complaints by telephone inquiry. During a recent period, the department initiated 7,000 calls and incurred costs of $203,000. If 3,000 of these calls were for the company's marketing division (the remainder were for the retail division), costs allocated to the retail division should amount to:

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