The Rich and Creamy Edibles Factory manufactures and distributes chocolate products. It purchases cocoa beans and processes them into two intermediate products: chocolate-powder liquor base and milk-chocolate liquor base. These two intermediate products become separately identifiable at a single split off point. Production and sales data are as follows (no beginning inventory):                                     Production     Sales               Selling Price   Separable Costs Chocolate powder       31,280 lbs.      6,800 lbs.        $8/lb.               $46,035 Milk chocolate            50,600 lbs.      14,400 lbs.      $9/lb.               $55,085 Costs of processing cocoa beans to split off point: $70,000 Rich and Creamy Edibles Factory fully processes both of its intermediate products into chocolate powder and milk chocolate. Rich and Creamy Edibles Factory sell the chocolate-powder liquor base for $21/gallon and the milk-chocolate liquor base for $28/gallon. What would be the cost per pound of chocolate powder and cost per pound for milk chocolate under the constant gross-margin percentage NRV method, respectively?

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The Rich and Creamy Edibles Factory manufactures and distributes chocolate products. It purchases cocoa beans and processes them into two intermediate products: chocolate-powder liquor base and milk-chocolate liquor base. These two intermediate products become separately identifiable at a single split off point.

Production and sales data are as follows (no beginning inventory):

                                    Production     Sales               Selling Price   Separable Costs

Chocolate powder       31,280 lbs.      6,800 lbs.        $8/lb.               $46,035

Milk chocolate            50,600 lbs.      14,400 lbs.      $9/lb.               $55,085

Costs of processing cocoa beans to split off point: $70,000

Rich and Creamy Edibles Factory fully processes both of its intermediate products into chocolate powder and milk chocolate. Rich and Creamy Edibles Factory sell the chocolate-powder liquor base for $21/gallon and the milk-chocolate liquor base for $28/gallon.

What would be the cost per pound of chocolate powder and cost per pound for milk chocolate under the constant gross-margin percentage NRV method, respectively?

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$4.25 and $4.78
$0.71 and $0.79
$1.94 and $2.18
$0.66 and $0.74
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