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Yip Manufacturing 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 May:
The cost of purchasing 100 trees and processing them up to the splitoff point to yield 70,000 sheets of paper and 60,000 pencil casings is $3,000.Yip's Manufacturing's accounting department reported no beginning inventories and an ending inventory of 2,000 sheets of paper.
-What are the paper's and the pencils' approximate weighted cost proportions using the sales value at splitoff method, respectively?
A)50.00% and 50.00%
B)33.33% and 66.67%
C)31.82% and 68.18%
D)54.00% and 46.00%
E)53.00% and 47.00%

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Use the information below to answer the following question(s):
Yip Manufacturing 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 May:
    The cost of purchasing 100 trees and processing them up to the splitoff point to yield 70,000 sheets of paper and 60,000 pencil casings is $3,000.Yip's Manufacturing's accounting department reported no beginning inventories and an ending inventory of 2,000 sheets of paper.
-What are the paper's and the pencils' approximate weighted cost proportions using the sales value at splitoff method, respectively?
A)50.00% and 50.00% 
B)33.33% and 66.67% 
C)31.82% and 68.18% 
D)54.00% and 46.00% 
E)53.00% and 47.00%

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Using the sales value at splitoff method, we need to calculate the approximate weighted cost proportions for paper and pencil casings based on their respective sales values.

Let's first calculate the sales value of paper and pencil casings:

Sales value of paper = 70,000 sheets * $0.05 per sheet = $3,500
Sales value of pencil casings = 60,000 casings * $0.02 per casing = $1,200

Total sales value at splitoff point = $3,500 + $1,200 = $4,700

Now, we can calculate the approximate weighted cost proportions:

Weighted cost proportion of paper = (cost of paper / total cost) * (sales value of paper / total sales value)
= ($3,000 / $3,000) * ($3,500 / $4,700) = 0.818 or 81.82%

Weighted cost proportion of pencil casings = (cost of pencil casings / total cost) * (sales value of pencil casings / total sales value)
= ($3,000 / $3,000) * ($1,200 / $4,700) = 0.182 or 18.18%

Therefore, the approximate weighted cost proportions for paper and pencil casings are 81.82% and 18.18% respectively. 
The closest answer choice is C, which is 31.82% and 68.18%, but the correct proportions are actually the opposite.

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