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University Printers has two service departments (Maintenance and Personnel) and two operating departments (Printing and...

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University Printers has two service departments (Maintenance and Personnel) and two operating departments (Printing and Developing). Management has decided to allocate maintenance costs on the basis of machine-hours in each department and personnel costs on the basis of labor-hours worked by the employees in each.

The following data appear in the company records for the current period:

Maintenance Personnel Printing Developing
Machine-hours 1,000 1,000 3,000
Labor-hours 500 500 2,000
Department direct costs $ 12,000 $ 35,750 $ 41,750 $ 31,000

University Printers estimates that the variable costs in the Personnel Department total $16,250 and in the Maintenance Department variable costs total $8,700. Avoidable fixed costs in the Personnel Department are $5,200.

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If University Printers outsources the Personnel Department functions, what is the maximum it can pay an outside vendor without increasing total costs? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

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