QS 22-3 Allocating costs to departments LO P1 Mervon Company has two operating departments: mixing and bottling. Mixing has 300 employees and occupies 22,000 square feet. Bottling has 200 employees and occupies 18,000 square feet. Indirect factory costs for the current period follow: administrative, $160,000; and maintenance, $200,000. If the maintenance costs are allocated to operating departments based on square footage, determine the amount of maintenance costs allocated to each operating department Sq. Foet % of Total Maint. Exp. to Allocate Allocated Amount Department Mixing Bottling Total