The first three cars i bought all fell apart around 50,000 miles. it was called planned obsolescence and no one seemed to care until companies entered the market that promised 70,000, then 80,000, and finally 100,000 warranties. what sets a great car apart from a good one now is not the quality, which is assumed, but performance, safety and fuel economy. a car that can achieve all three is highly sought after. in the automotive market, performance, safety and fuel economy are sterling examples of: a) order winners. b) the voice of the engineer. c) order qualifiers. d) the voice of the custome

Solomon chemical company makes three products, b7, k6, and x9, which are joint products from the same materials. in a standard batch of 320,000 pounds of raw materials, the company generates 70,000 pounds of b7, 150,000 pounds of k6, and 100,000 pounds of x9. a standard batch costs $3,840,000 to produce. the sales prices per pound are $10, $14, and $20 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. (c) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using weight as the allocation base.