Colleague Press has two revenue producing divisions (College Textbooks and Professional Publications) and two service departments(Administration and Personnel). Direct costs and allocation bases for each of these areas are presented below:

Direct

Number of

Dollars of Assets

Department

Costs

Employees

Employed

Administration

$225,000

10

$310,000

Personnel

175,000

5

75,000

College Textbooks

1,125,000

50

600,000

Professional Publications

475,000

30

525,000

Company management has decided to allocate administration and personnel costs on the basis of dollars of assets employed and number of employees, respectively. Use the algebraic method to allocate the service department costs and determine the final costs of operating the College Textbooks and Professional Publications Departments.