Reference no: EM132541745

Question 1: Use the information in the following table to compute each department's contribution to overhead (both in dollars and as a percent). Which department contributes the largest dollar amount to total overhead? Which department contributes the highest percent (as a percent of sales) to total overhead?

                                                        Dept. A               Dept. B                    Dept. C

Sales                                       $53,000                 $201,000            $80,000

Costs of goods sold                     33,390                 104,520                     42,400

Gross profit                                    19,610                 96,480                   37,600

Total direct expenses                      5,580                      47,980                    8,486