The East and West Railroad has two divisions, the East Division and the West Division. The company recently invested $850,000 to maintain its railroad track. Pertinent data for the two divisions are as follows (Round intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and final answer to nearest whole dollar amount.):
Total Miles Traveled:
East Division..................850,000 miles
West Division...............1,250,000 miles
The amount of track improvement cost that should be allocated to the East Division is:
(a). $505,952.
(b). $525,000.
(c). $425,000.
(d). $340,000.