Answer:
The total amount of expenses that should be allocated towards drilling is $35,360.
Explanation:
We have been given three categories of office expenses -
SALARY = $34,000
DEPRECIATION = $22,000
ADVERTISING = $42,000
and we have to calculate the expenses allocated to drilling departments, so we will allocate from each of the three given expenses the proportion of expenses which belong to drilling department.
SALARY = $34,000 X Number of employees in drilling / total number of
employees
= $34,000 x 600 / 2000
= $10,200
DEPRECIATION = $22,000 X Cost of goods sold for drilling / total cost of
goods sold
= $22,000 x $83,600 / $220,000
= $8,360
ADVERTISING = $42,000 X Net sales from drilling / total net sales
= $42,000 x 328,000 / $820,000
= $ 16,800
TOTAL DRILLING EXPENSES = $10,200 + $8360 + $16,800
= $35,360
