Management of Wee Ones (WO), an operator of day-care facilities, wants the company's profit to...

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Management of Wee Ones (WO), an operator of day-care facilities, wants the company's profit to be subdivided by center. The firm's accountant has provided the following data:

Center Budgeted Revenue Actual Revenue Budgeted Direct Costs Actual Direct Costs
Downtown $ 265,500 $ 375,900 $ 322,000 $ 360,800
Irvine 531,000 608,600 579,600 492,000
H. Beach 973,500 805,500 708,400 787,200
Totals $ 1,770,000 $ 1,790,000 $ 1,610,000 $ 1,640,000

WO's advertising, which is handled by the home office, is not reflected in the preceding figures and amounted to $80,000. If advertising expense were allocated to centers based on actual center profitability, the amount of advertising expense allocated to the Irvine center would be closest to:

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$26,727.

$27,952.

$40,000.

$62,187.

None of the answers is correct.

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