A company manufactures two joint products and one by-product in a single process. Data for
November are as follows.
$
Raw material input 316,000
Conversion costs 95,000
There were no inventories at the beginning or end of the period.
Output Sales price
Units $ per unit
Joint product E 21,000 25
Joint product Q 18,000 15
By-product X 2,000 3
By-product sales revenue is credited to the process account. Joint costs are apportioned on a sales
value basis. What were the full production costs of product Q in November (to the nearest $)?
A. $137.547
B. $267.453
C. $256.875
D. $154.125
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The total joint cost is 316,000 + 95,000 - 6,000 = $405,000.
This is apportioned between E & Q is the ratio of the sales values of the production, which are 525,000 for E and 270,000 for Q.
Therefore the production cost of Q is (270,000/(270,000 + 525,000) ) x 405,000 = $137,547
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