Uptown Corporation has a joint process that produces three products: P, G and A. Each product may be sold at splitminusoff or processed further and then sold. Jointminusprocessing costs for a year amount to $20,000. Other data follows:

Sales $62,000 $5,000Value Separable $88,000 G 12,500 Processing Sales 6,500 19,500 Value Product at Splitminus−Off A 9,400 5,000Costs after Splitminus−Off at Completion P 12,000
Processing Product G beyond the splitminus−off point will cause profits to .

Solomon chemical company makes three products, b7, k6, and x9, which are joint products from the same materials. in a standard batch of 320,000 pounds of raw materials, the company generates 70,000 pounds of b7, 150,000 pounds of k6, and 100,000 pounds of x9. a standard batch costs $3,840,000 to produce. the sales prices per pound are $10, $14, and $20 for b7, k6, and x9, respectively. (a) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using weight as the allocation base. (b) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using market value as the allocation base. (c) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using weight as the allocation base.