A company rents a building with a total of 40,000 square feet, which are evenly divided between two floors. The total monthly rent for the building is $36,000. The company allocates $24,000 of total rent expense to the first floor and $12,000 of total rent expense to the second floor. How much of the monthly rental expense should be allocated to a department that occupies 10,000 square feet on the second floor?

Multiple Choice

$6,000.

$6,000.

$8,400.

$3,600.

$14,400.