Munoz chemical company makes three products, b7, k6, and x9, which are joint products from the same materials. in a standard batch of 318,000 pounds of raw materials, the company generates 76,000 pounds of b7, 156,000 pounds of k6, and 86,000 pounds of x9. a standard batch costs $2,544,000 to produce. the sales prices per pound are $6, $10, and $16 for b7, k6, and x9, respectively.

a. allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using weight as the allocation base.
b. allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using market value as the allocation base.

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two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley, i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten; all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however; many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn, whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today; its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley; i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten, all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however, many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn; whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today, its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.