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Support department cost allocation-reciprocal services method each department is provided in the following table:
\[\begin{array}{lrrrr}\text{}& \begin{tabular}{c} Maintenance \\ Department \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} Security \\ Department \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} Cutting \\ Department \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} Molding \\ Department \end{tabular}\\\hline\text{ Machine hours }&\text{800}&\text{2,000}&\text{7,600}&\text{10,400}\\\text{ Asset value }& \$ 2,000 & \$ 1,410 & \$ 3,500 & \$ 4,500\\\text{ Department cost }& \$ 35,280 & \$ 15,680 & \$ 62,000 & \$ 80,000\end{array}\]
Determine the total cost of each production department after allocating all support department costs to the production departments using the reciprocal services method.
\[\begin{array}{lll}\text{}& \begin{tabular}{c} Cutting \\ Department \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} Molding \\ Department \end{tabular}\\\hline\text{ Production departments' total costs }& \$ & \$ \end{array}\]

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