Instructions: Please complete the problems below and show all work, please!

1. A department store apportions payroll costs on the basis of the number of payroll checks issued. Accounting costs are apportioned on the basis of the number of reports. The payroll costs for the year were $236,000 and the accounting costs for the year totaled $76,600. The departments and the average cost of store equipment and the average cost of inventory for each are as follows:

	Number of Payroll Checks	Number of Reports
Department R	482	75
Department S	1,470	80
Department T	148	345

Determine the amount of (a) payroll cost and (b) accounting cost to be apportioned to each department.