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Cows Creamery Company makes two products from a common input. Joint processing costs up to the split-off point total $42,000 a year. The company allocates these costs to the joint products on the basis of their total sales values at the split-off point. Each product may be sold at the split-off point or processed further. Data concerning these products appear below:
Gooey Mooey |
Wowie Cowie |
Total |
|
Allocated Joint processing costs |
$22,000 |
$19,600 |
$41,600 |
Sales value at split-off point |
$32,000 |
$28,000 |
$60,000 |
Costs of further processing |
$11,600 |
$25,300 |
$36,900 |
Sales value after further processing |
$40,800 |
$54,200 |
$95,000 |
Required: