Orbeson Company has two producing departments, A and B, and four service departments, C, D, E, and F. Costs are distributed from Department F first, D second, C third, and E fourth. The company assigns some service department costs to other service departments; however, after a department's costs have been distributed, no costs are assigned back to it.
Department F distributes one-half of its costs to A and the remainder, on the basis of the number of employees, to Departments D and E. Department D distributes its costs on the basis of the investment in equipment. C's costs are assigned to B, and E's expenses are distributed on the basis of floor space.
The following information is available for March:

Required:
Distribute service department costs, based on the data given.

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Investment in Equipment Actual Cost Square Department FetEmployees (in thousands) 1,500 2,500 3,000 1,500 1,000 1.200 20 10 10 15 10 ..$100,000 80,000 120,000 56,000 15,000 30,000 01,000 $12,500 6,000 10,000 5,000 4,000 2,000 Total.... 70