Uncle Julian Snacks makes potato$$ chips, corn$$ chips, and cheese puffs using three different production lines within the same manufacturing plant.$$ Currently, Uncle Julian uses a single plantwide overhead rate to allocate its $ $311500$ of annual manufacturing overhead. Of this$$ amount, $ $2$ comma $070$ comma $000$ is associated with the potato chip$$ line, $ $763$ comma $000$ is associated with the corn chip$$ line, and $ $478$ comma $500$ is associated with the cheese puff line. Uncle Julian$\text{'}$s plant is currently running a total of $17$ comma $900$ machine$$ hours: $11$ comma $500$ in the potato chip$$ line, $3$ comma $500$ in the corn chip$$ line, and $2$ comma $900$ in the cheese puff line. Uncle Julian considers machine hours to be the cost driver of manufacturing overhead costs.