Sunshine Oil Company buys crude vegetable oil. Refining this oil results in four products at the splitoff point. A, B, C, and D. Product C is fully processed by the splitoff point. Products A, B, and D can individually be further refined into Super A, Super B, and Super D. In the most recent month (December), the output at the splitoff point was as follows:

Product A,

322 comma 400

gallons

times

Product B,

119 comma 600

gallons

times

Product C,

52 comma 000

gallons

times

Product D,

26 comma 000

gallons

The joint costs of purchasing and processing the crude vegetable oil were

$ 96 comma 000

.

Sunshine

had no beginning or ending inventories. Sales of product C in December were

$ 24 comma 000

.

Products A, B, and D were further refined and then sold. Data related to December are as follows:

	Separable Processing Costs
	to Make Super Products	Revenues
Super A	$249,600	$320,000
Super B	102,400	160,000
Super D	152,000	160,000

Sunshine

had the option of selling products A, B, and D at the splitoff point. This alternative would have yielded the following revenues for the December production:

times

Product A, $ 84 comma 000

times

Product B, $ 72 comma 000

times

Product D, $ 60 comma 000

Requirements

Compute the gross-margin percentage for each product sold in December, using the following methods for allocating the

$ 96 comma 000

joint costs:

a.	Sales value at splitoff
b.	Physical-measure
c.	NRV

2.

Could

Sunshine

have increased its December operating income by making different decisions about the further processing of products A, B, or D? Show the effect on operating income of any changes you recommend.