Auto Market pays $128,000 rent each year for its two-story building. The space in this building is

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Auto Market pays $128,000 rent each year for its two-story building. The space in this building is occupied by five departments as specified here.
Paint department . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200 square feet of first-floor space
Engine department . . . . . . . . . . . 3,600 square feet of first-floor space
Window department . . . . . . . . . 1,920 square feet of second-floor space
Electrical department . . . . . . . . . 1,056 square feet of second-floor space
Accessory department . . . . . . . . 1,824 square feet of second-floor space

The company allocates 65% of total rent expense to the first floor and 35% to the second floor, and then allocates rent expense for each floor to the departments occupying that floor on the basis of space occupied. Determine the rent expense to be allocated to each department.

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Fundamental Accounting Principles

ISBN: 978-0078110870

20th Edition

Authors: John J. Wild, Ken W. Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta

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