A large supermarket chain has a centralized bakery facility that prepares bread dough for the bakeries in its many retail stores. The $21,000 cost of preparing the dough is assigned on the basis of pounds baked. Based on the following data for five store bakeries, assign the cost of the bread dough using the direct method:

Store A, 10,000 pounds; Store B, 20,000 pounds; Store C, 15,000 pounds; Store D, 12,000 pounds; and Store E, 13,000 pounds.