By product cost quiz

Yasaswi Gomes new (Finance ) (4474 Points)

16 January 2023  

Hi

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▪️The Company processes product (X)  into two joint products, (A) and (B) 

▪️Product (X) is purchased in 1300 gallon drums for $7,000 . 

▪️Processing costs are $3,000 to process the 1300 gallons of product (X) into 1000 gallons of product (A) and 300 gallons of product(B) . 

▪️The selling price is $10 per gallon for product (A) and $3 per gallon for product (B) . 

▪️Product (A) can be processed further into 700 gallons of product (A.01)  if $1,000 of additional processing costs are incurred. 

▪️Product (A.01) can be sold for $20 per gallon. 

✳️ If the net-realizable-value method were used to allocate costs to the joint products, 👉 what’s the total cost of producing product (A.01) ?

Txs