Company Alpha has three sales regions (East, West, and North) which reported the following sales: East 425,000, West 732,000 and North 349,000. Alpha incurred 219,000 in overhead costs during the year. Assume that these overhead costs are allocated based on sales. What is the allocation rate as a percentage of sales?

Do not forget to pre-multiply by 100 to get a percentage. Enter your answer as a number rounded to two decimal points, e.g., 3.14, 25.70, 100.00, 1540.99. Do not enter any letters, unit symbols (such as %), commas, or other non-numerical characters!\