A retail store has three departments, A, B, and C, each of which has four full-time employees. The store does general advertising that benefits all departments. Advertising expense totaled $90,000 for the current year, and departmental sales were: Department A……………… $308,000Department B……………… 644,000Department C………………  448,000Total sales………………….$1,400,000Calculate the amount of advertising expense that should be allocated to each department?

What will be an ideal response?


Percentage of total sales:
Department A $308,000/$1,400,000 = 22%
Department B $644,000/$1,400,000 = 46%
Department C $448,000/$1,400,000 = 32%

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Dept.Adv Exp.%Allocated
A$ 90,00022%$19,800
B90,00046%41,400
C  90,000  32%  28,800
Total?100%$90,000

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