Questions: The accounting department tracks the monthly expenses for your food warehouse. You have been directed to reduce the costs that make up the first 75% of monthly expenditures. Which expenditures should you target? A. HVAC only B. Lights only C. HVAC and refrigeration only D. HVAC, refrigeration, and lights only

The accounting department tracks the monthly expenses for your food warehouse.

You have been directed to reduce the costs that make up the first 75% of monthly expenditures. Which expenditures should you target?
A. HVAC only
B. Lights only
C. HVAC and refrigeration only
D. HVAC, refrigeration, and lights only

Transcript text: The accounting department tracks the monthly expenses for your food warehouse. You have been directed to reduce the costs that make up the first $75 \%$ of monthly expenditures. Which expenditures should you target? A. HVAC only B. Lights only C. HVAC and refrigeration only D. HVAC, refrigeration, and lights only

Solution

Solution Steps

Step 1: Analyze the problem

The problem asks us to identify the expenditures that make up the first 75% of the monthly expenditures. The diagram shows four expenditures represented by squares: HVAC, Refrigeration, Lights, and Other. The sizes of the squares roughly depict their proportion of the total expenditures.

Step 2: Estimate the percentages

HVAC seems to be roughly 50% of the total expenditures (half of the diagram). Refrigeration seems to be around 20% of the total. Lights appear to be about 5% of the total expenditures. Other expenses make up the remaining 25%.

Step 3: Determine the first 75% of expenditures

The first 75% of expenditures would comprise HVAC (50%), Refrigeration (20%), and Lights (5%). The sum of these is approximately 75%.