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 . . . . . . . . . . . . % % %