Answer the Following Questions Using the Information Below:
the Alfarm

question 149

Multiple Choice

Answer the following questions using the information below:
The Alfarm Corporation processes raw milk up to the splitoff point where two products, cream and liquid skim, are produced and sold. There was no beginning inventory. The following material was collected for the month of February:
$\begin{array}{lll}\text { Direct materials processed: } && 750,000 \text { gallons }(727,500 \text { gallons of good product) } \\\text { Production: } & \text { Cream } & 442,500 \text { gallons } \\& \text { Liquid skim } & 285,000 \text { gallons } \\\text { Sales: } & \text { Cream } & 421,500 \text { at } \$ 110 \text { per gallon } \\& \text { Liquid skm } & 273,000 \text { at } \$ 100 \text { per gallon }\end{array}$ The cost of purchasing 750,000 gallons of direct materials and processing it up to the splitoff point to yield a total of 727,500 gallons of good product was $2,280,000.
-When using a physical-volume measure,what is the approximate amount of joint costs that will be allocated to cream and liquid skim?

• A) $1,386,804 and $893,196
• B) $1,140,000 and $1,140,000
• C) $1,368,000 and $912,000
• D) $1,254,00 and $1,026,000

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