During its most recent fiscal year, Dover, Inc. had total sales of $3,340,000. Contribution margin amounted to $1,570,000 and pretax income was $505,000. What amount should have been reported as variable costs in the company's contribution margin income statement for the year in question?a) $2,075,000.b) $2,835,000.c) $1,265,000.d) $1,065,000.e) $1,770,000.

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.