The controller of Yorktown Corporation instructs the cost supervisor to use algebraic distribution of service departments' costs to producing departments. There are three service departments, and each receives services from the other two. After all factory overhead is distributed among the producing and service departments, the account balances and the interdependencies of service departments were tabulated as follows:

Required:
(1) Compute the final amount of factory overhead of each service department after reciprocal transfer costs have been calculated algebraically.
(2) Compute the total factory overhead of each producing department.

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Departmental Overhead Before Distribution of General Services Provided Service Departments Powerhouse Department Mixing Refining Finishing Personnel Factory $200,000 90,000 105,000 16,000 29,500 42,000 82.500 35% 10 10 General Factory 100% 100%