Use the Following Information for the Next 5 Questions

question 23

Multiple Choice

Use the following information for the next 5 questions.
The Great Foods Company processes milk into skim milk and butter. This year 70,000 gallons of will be processed, costing $40,000. If processed to the split-off point, this will yield 40,000 gallons of skim milk and 10,000 pounds of butter. Skim milk is sold to distributors for $1 per gallon and butter is sold for $0.75 per pound. Great Foods has the option of processing the two products further. Skim milk can be processed into canned, sweetened, condensed skim milk and sold for $0.80 per can. One gallon of skim milk makes 2 cans of condensed milk. To process 40,000 gallons of skim milk will cost $18,000. Butter can be processed into cake frosting, sold in containers for $2 each. One pound of butter goes into each container of frosting. The cost of processing 10,000 pounds of butter into frosting costs $15,000.
-What is the per-unit joint cost allocated to condensed milk and frosting if the constant gross margin net realizable value method is used?

• A) $1.470248 per can and $0.2381 per container
• B) $0.94048 per can and $0.2311 per container
• C) $0.69524 per can and $1.7381 per container
• D) None of the above

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Definitions:

Demand Shift

Occurs when a change in factors other than the price of the good itself leads to a change in consumer demand, causing the demand curve to move left or right.

Equilibrium Price

The price at which the quantity of a good demanded equals the quantity supplied, leading to no shortage or surplus.

MR

Short for Marginal Revenue, it is the increase in revenue from selling one additional unit of a good or service.

Negative Profits

A financial loss or situation where expenses exceed revenues in a business.