Grassy Fertilizer manufactures two lines of garden grade fertilizeras part of a joint production process: GF10 and GF20. Joint costsup to Grassy's split-off point total $85,000 per batch. Thesejoint costs are allocated to GF10 and GF20 in proportion to theirrelative sales values at the split-off point of $40,000 and$60,000, respectively.
Both lines of garden grade fertilizer can be further processed intocommercial grade fertilizer. The following table summarizes thecosts and revenue associated with additional processing of GF10 and GF20:
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Adaditional
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Final Selling Price
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Processing
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Batch of commercial
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Cost
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Grade fertilizer
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GF10
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$18,000
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$67,000
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GF20
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38,000
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97,000
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(a) The $85,000 in joint costs should be allocated to each productas follows:
GF10 $____________, GF20 $____________
(b) Which product (GF10 or GF20) would result in a net decrease inoperating income if processed into a commercial grade fertilizer?____________
(c) Which product (GF10 or GF20) would result in a net increase inoperating income if processed into a commercial grade fertilizer?____________