Exercise 22-4 (Algo) Payroll expense allocated to departments LO P2

Mia works in both the jewelry department and the cosmetics department of a retail store. She assists customers in both departments and organizes merchandise in both departments. The store allocates her wages between the two departments based on the time worked in the two departments in each two-week pay period. Mia reports the following hours and activities spent in the two departments in the most recent two weeks. Allocate Mias $1,740 of wages for two weeks to the two departments.

Activities	Hours
Selling in jewelry department	41
Organizing in Jewelry department	16
Selling in cosmetics department	15
Organizing in Cosmetics department	4
Total	76

Department Hours worked Percent of Hours worked Wages Cost Allocated Numerator Denominator Percent of hours Jewelry Cosmetics Totals