a. What amount of joint product cost would be allocate to each product? b. What is financial advantage (disadvantage) of processing of each product beyond the split- off point? c. What is the minimum amount the company should accept for each product if it is to be sold at the split-off point?
a. What amount of joint product cost would be allocate to each product? b. What is financial advantage (disadvantage) of processing of each product beyond the split- off point? c. What is the minimum amount the company should accept for each product if it is to be sold at the split-off point?
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Transcribed Image Text:a. What amount of joint product cost would be allocate to each product?
b. What is financial advantage (disadvantage) of processing of each product beyond the split-
off point?
c. What is the minimum amount the company should accept for each product if it is to be sold
at the split-off, point?

Transcribed Image Text:QUESTION 5
MacGyver Company makes two products from a common input. Joint processing costs up to the
split-off point total $45,500 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:
Product X
Product Y
Total
Sales value at split-off point
Costs of further processing
Sales value after further processing
$30,000
$24,200
$47,800
$20,000
$18,500
$58,300
$50,000
$42,700
$106,100
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