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Joint Cost Allocation-Weighted Average Method Gary's Grooves Co. produces two types of carving knives, one with a handle made of a polymer that looks like walnut wood and another with a handle made with a polymer that looks like red oak. The knives are made through a joint production molding process that produces 344 knife blades for red oak handle knives and 172 knife blades for walnut handle knives at the split-olf point. The polymer for the red oak handle knife blades requires twice as much cooling time as the polymer for the wainut handle knife blades, although all knlves are removed from the joint molding process at the same time (h.e., once the cooling for the red oak handle knives is complete). The foint production process costs a total of $6,500. Assuming the company allocates joint costs using the weighted average method based on the required cooling time of the two foint products, determine the amount of joint production costs allocated to each type of knifo using the weighted average method