Coconuts N More produces two joint products, Coconut Milk and Coconut Meat. The company uses the leftover Coconut Skin as a by-product. All three are produced from joint costs of $75,000: direct materials amounting to $50,000 and another $25,000 for direct labor and manufacturing overhead. Beginning inventory for all three products is zero. Information for production of the product is as follows: Product Units Produced in lbs. Units Sold in lbs. Sales price per lb. Coconut Milk 21,000 19,500 $1.30 Coconut Meat 12,200 10,300 6.20 Coconut Skin 2,250 2,000 1.00 How much in joint costs should be allocated to the by-product, using the sales method?   Question 1 options:   a)  $0.00   b)  $2,000.00   c)  $2,250.00   d)  $1,604.00

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Coconuts N More produces two joint products, Coconut Milk and Coconut Meat. The company uses the leftover Coconut Skin as a by-product. All three are produced from joint costs of $75,000: direct materials amounting to $50,000 and another $25,000 for direct labor and manufacturing overhead. Beginning inventory for all three products is zero. Information for production of the product is as follows:

Product Units Produced in lbs. Units Sold in lbs. Sales price per lb.
Coconut Milk 21,000 19,500 $1.30
Coconut Meat 12,200 10,300 6.20
Coconut Skin 2,250 2,000 1.00

How much in joint costs should be allocated to the by-product, using the sales method?

 

Question 1 options:

 

a) 

$0.00
 

b) 

$2,000.00
 

c) 

$2,250.00
 

d) 

$1,604.00
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