Product X is sold for $8 a unit and Product Y is sold for $12 a unit. Each product can also be sold at the splitoff point.

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Product X is sold for $8 a unit and Product Y is sold for $12 a unit. Each product can also be sold at the splitoff point. Product X can be sold for $5 and Product Y for $4. Joint costs for the two products totaled $4,000 for January for 600 units of X and 500 units of Y. What are the respective joint costs assigned each unit of products X and Y if the sales value at splitoff method is used?

  1. $2.96 and $4.44
  2. $4.00 and $4.55
  3. $4.00 and $3.20
  4. $4.55 and $4.55
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Answer:     c       Difficulty:                  2                   Objective:              4

Total splitoff market value = (600 x $5) + (500 x $4) = $5,000

Product X = $3,000/$5,000 x $4,000 = $2,400/600 = $4.00

Product Y = $2,000/$5,000 x $4,000 = $1,600/500 = $3.20

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