Upjohn Company Manufactures Four Products from a Joint Process

question 55

Multiple Choice

Upjohn Company manufactures four products from a joint process. Joint costs for the year amounted to $350,000. The following data are also available:

-Assuming the relative-sales-value method of allocating joint costs, the amount of joint costs allocated to product W would be

• A) $89,600.
• B) $120,312.
• C) $77,000.
• D) $50,400.

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