Compute the total cost to be capitalized for each of these two pieces of equipment. Purchase equipment   $enter a dollar amount   Construction equipment   $enter a dollar amount

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Bridgeport Co. both purchases and constructs various equipment it uses in its operations. The following items for two different types of equipment were recorded in random order during the calendar year 2020.

Purchase    
Cash paid for equipment, including sales tax of $7,400
  $155,400
Freight and insurance cost while in transit
  2,960
Cost of moving equipment into place at factory
  4,588
Wage cost for technicians to test equipment
  5,920
Insurance premium paid during first year of operation on this equipment
  2,220
Special plumbing fixtures required for new equipment
  11,840
Repair cost incurred in first year of operations related to this equipment
  1,924
     
Construction    
Material and purchased parts (gross cost $296,000; failed to take 2% cash discount)
  $296,000
Imputed interest on funds used during construction (stock financing)
  20,720
Labor costs
  281,200
Allocated overhead costs (fixed-$29,600; variable-$44,400)
  74,000
Profit on self-construction
  44,400
Cost of installing equipment
  6,512


Compute the total cost to be capitalized for each of these two pieces of equipment.

Purchase equipment
 
$enter a dollar amount
 
Construction equipment
 
$enter a dollar amount
 
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