Reference no: EM131538730

question: Use the information in the following table to compute each department's contribution to overhead (both in dollars and as a percent). Which department contributes the largest dollar amount to total overhead (TO)? Which contributes the highest percent (as a percent of sales)? Round percents to one decimal.

                                                              Dept. A                         Dept. B                          Dept. C

Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $53,000                         $170,000                         $84,000

Cost of goods sold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,185                                   103,700                          49,560

Gross profit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,815                                  66,300                           34,440

Total direct expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,360                                      37,060                             8,736

Contribution to overhead . . . . . . . . $                                                    $                                  $

Contribution percent . . . . . . . . . . . . %                                                %                                  %