Question

Suppose Department X is 8,000 square feet, Department Y is 5,000 square feet, and Department Z is 6,000 square feet. What's the percent of overhead expense applied to Department Z?

Answer 1

31.6%

Explanation:

it is given that

Area of Department X = 8,000 square feet

Area of Department Y = 5,000 square feet

Area of Department Z = 6,000 square feet

now the total area =
`8000+5000+6000`

=
`19,000` square feet

Percentage of area covered by Department Z =
`(area of Department Z)/(total area )100`%

=
`(6000)/(19000) 100` %

=
`31.6` %

percentage of overhead expenses applied to Department Z = percentage of area covered by Department Z

hence we have,

percentage of overhead expenses applied to Department Z = 31.6%