Yakima Manufacturing purchases trees from Cascade Lumber and processes them up to the split off 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 November:

Production: 100 trees produced to yield

paper 60,000 sheets

pencil casings 60,000

Sales: paper 58,000 at $0.08 per page

pencil casings 55,000 at $0.20 per casing

Cost of purchasing 100 trees and processing them up to the split off point to yield 60,000 sheets of paper and 60,000 pencil casings is $8000.

If the sales value at splitoff method is used, what are the approximate joint costs assigned to ending inventory for paper?