Reference no: EM131214372
Bismite Corporation purchases trees from Cheney lumber and processes them up to the splitoff point where two products (paper and pencil casings) are obtained. The products are then sold to an independent company that markets and distributes them to retail outlets. The following information was collected for the month of October: Trees processed: 250 trees Production: paper 180,000 sheets pencil casings 180,000 Sales: paper 174,000 at $0.12 per page pencil casings 178,500 at $0.15 per casing The cost of purchasing 250 trees and processing them up to the splitoff point to yield 180,000 sheets of paper and 180,000 pencil casings is $12,500. Bismite's accounting department reported no beginning inventory.
1) What are the paper's and the pencil's approximate weighted cost proportions using the sales value at splitoff method, respectively?
2) If the sales value at splitoff method is used, what are the approximate joint costs assigned to ending inventory for paper?
3) If the sales value at splitoff method is used, what is the approximate production cost for each pencil casing?
4) If the sales value at splitoff method is used, what is the approximate production cost for each paper sheet?
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