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Anesni Corporation uses activity-based costing to determine product costs for external financial reports. The company has provided the following data concerning its activity-based costing system:

Activity Cost Pools (and Activity Measures) Estimated Overhead Cost
Machine related (machine-hours) 242,100
Batch setup (setups) 713,900
General factory (direct labor-hours) 256,500

Expected Activity
Activity Cost Pools Total Product X Product Y
Machine related 9,000 6,000 3,000
Batch setup 11,000 6,000 5,000
General factory 9,000 1,000 8,000

Reference: 8-14

Assuming that actual activity turns out to be the same as expected activity, the total amount of overhead cost allocated to Product X would be closest to _____ ?

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