Bismite Corporation purchases trees from Cheney lumber and processes them up to the splitoff point where two
Question:
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. If the sales value at splitoff method is used, what is the approximate production cost for each pencil casing?
$0.309 | ||
$0.039 | ||
$0.301 | ||
$0.031 |
Managerial Accounting Tools for Business Decision Making
ISBN: 978-1118856994
4th Canadian edition
Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso, Ibrahim M. Aly