A retailer pays $130,000 rent each year for its two-story building. The space in this building is
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Department ______________________ Square feet occupied
Jewelry ....................................... 1,440 (first-floor)
Cosmetics .................................... 3,360 (first-floor)
Housewares ................................... 2,016 (second-floor)
Tools ........................................... 960 (second-floor)
Shoes .......................................... 1,824 (second-floor)
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. (Round percents to the nearest one-tenth and dollar amounts to the nearest whole dollar.)
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Fundamental Accounting Principles
ISBN: 978-1259536359
23rd edition
Authors: John Wild, Ken Shaw, Barbara Chiappett
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