use the following information to answer the given question \(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{Opening stock} & \text{- Footwears Department} & N800 \\ & \text{- Sta...

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To find the profit of the Stationery Department, we need to calculate the gross profit and then deduct the common expenses shared in the ratio of sales. First, let's calculate the gross profit for the Stationery Department: Sales - Cost of Goods Sold = Gross Profit N6,000 - N2,800 = N3,200 Next, let's calculate the total common expenses: Wages of shoe packers + Salaries = N600 + N1,200 = N1,800 These common expenses need to be shared between the Footwears and Stationery departments in the ratio of sales. Sales ratio = Stationery Department Sales : Footwears Department Sales = N6,000 : N1,600 = 15 : 4 To calculate the share of the Stationery Department, we multiply the total common expenses by the ratio of Stationery Department Sales to total Sales: Share of Stationery Department = Total Common Expenses x (Stationery Department Sales / Total Sales) = N1,800 x (6,000 / 7,600) = N1,421.05 (rounded to the nearest kobo) Finally, we can calculate the net profit of the Stationery Department by deducting the share of common expenses from the gross profit: Net profit of the Stationery Department = Gross profit - Share of common expenses = N3,200 - N1,421.05 = N1,778.95 (rounded to the nearest kobo) Therefore, the profit of the Stationery Department is N1,778.95. The answer closest to this is N1,880, which may be due to rounding errors in the calculation or incorrect sharing of common expenses.