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HGT Corporation produces four products from a common production process. Selected data from HGT's accounting system for the four products appears below: Joint costs for the accounting period totaled $5,000. Each product line has a different product manager, who is evaluated based on product line profitability. Therefore, each manager is motivated to reduce his / her total product line costs as much as possible. The managers have been given information about potential joint cost allocations using the following three methods: physical output, sales at split-off point, and net realizable value. The managers are comparing the joint cost allocations under each method so that they can give the accountant input about their preferred method(s) .
-Which product line would receive the least amount of joint cost under the sales value at the split-off point method?

Evaluate the legal requirements and consequences of assignment notification to the obligor.

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Definitions:

Random Variable

A variable whose possible values are numerical outcomes of a random phenomenon, with each outcome having an associated probability.

Variance

Variance quantifies the spread of a dataset by measuring the average squared deviation of each number from the mean of the data set.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of numbers, calculated by adding up all the values and dividing by the number of values.

Probability

A quantitative measure representing the likelihood or chance of a particular event or outcome occurring.