Lux Company Processes Copper Ore into Two Products, C and U.The

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Lux Company processes copper ore into two products, C and U.The ore costs $5 per pound and conversion costs are $15 per pound.Lux Company plans to produce 40,000 pounds of C and 20,000 pounds of U from 60,000 pounds of ore.C sells for $30 per pound and U sells for $40 per pound.Assuming the physical-units method of allocating joint costs, the amount of joints costs allocated to product U would be _____.

• A)$800,000
• B)$400,000
• C)$300,000
• D)$100,000

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