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Zena Company Manufactures Two Products (A and B) from a Joint

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Zena Company manufactures two products (A and B) from a joint process that cost $200,000 for the year just ended. Each product may be sold at the split-off point or processed further. Additional processing requires no special facilities, and production costs of further processing are entirely variable and traceable to the products involved. Further information follows.  Product AB Pounds Produced20,00030,000Per-PoundSales Price$128 If Processed Further  Sales Value  Separable Cost$350,000$90,000300,00060,000..........\begin{array}{c}\begin{array}{c}\\\underline{\text { Product }}\\\mathrm{A} \\\mathrm{B}\end{array}\begin{array}{c}\text { Pounds}\\\underline{\text { Produced}}\\20,000\\30,000\end{array}\begin{array}{c}\text {Per-Pound}\\\underline{\text {Sales Price}}\\\$ 12 \\8\end{array}\begin{array}{cc}\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\underline{\text { If Processed Further }} \\\underline{\text { Sales Value } }& \underline{\text { Separable Cost} } \\\$ 350,000 & \$ 90,000 \\300,000 & 60,000\end{array}\begin{array}{lll}.....\end{array}\begin{array}{lll}.....\end{array}\end{array}
If the joint costs are allocated based on the physical-units method, the amount of joint cost assigned to product A would be:


A) $80,000.
B) $100,000.
C) $104,000.
D) $120,000.
E) None of the other answers are correct.

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