The production departments at Westfield Manufacturing occupy a total area of 400,000 square feet. Electricity costs total $720,000 and are allocated based on the area that each department occupies. The assembly department occupies 60,000 square feet and the quality control department occupies 25,000 square feet. What amount of electricity cost will be allocated to the assembly and quality control departments, respectively?

The production departments at Westfield Manufacturing occupy a total area of 400,000 square feet. Electricity costs total $720,000 and are allocated based on the area that each department occupies. The assembly department occupies 60,000 square feet and the quality control department occupies 25,000 square feet. What amount of electricity cost will be allocated to the assembly and quality control departments, respectively?

Principles of Cost Accounting

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Chapter4: Accounting For Factory Overhead

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Problem 9E: A manufacturing company has two service and two production departments. Human Resources and Machine...

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