Harrow Labs produces a drug used for the treatment of arthritis. The drug is produced in batches.
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allocating joint production costs.
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Requirement How much in joint costs does Harrow allocate to each product? Do not round intermediary calculations. Only round the amount you input in the cell to the nearest dollar.
Joint costs allocated to human product
Joint costs allocated to veterinarian product
Requirements
How much in joint costs does Harrow allocate to each product?
Compute the cost of ending inventory for each of Harrow's products.
If Harrow were to use the constant grossmargin percentage NRV
method instead, how would it allocate its joint costs?
Calculate the gross margin on the sale of the product for human use in March
under the constant grossmargin percentage NRV method.
Suppose that the separation process also yields pints of a toxic
byproduct. Harrow currently pays a hauling company $ to dispose of this
byproduct. Harrow is contacted by a firm interested in purchasing a modified
form of this byproduct for a total price of $ Harrow estimates that it will
cost about $ per pint to do the required modification. Should Harrow accept
the offer?
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Chemicals costing $ are mixed and heated, then a unique separation
process then extracts the drug from the mixture. A batch yields a total of
gallons of the chemicals. The first gallons are sold for human use while the
last gallons, which contain impurities, are sold to veterinarians. The costs
of mixing, heating, and extracting the drug amount to $ per batch. The
output sold for human use is pasteurized at a total cost of $ and is sold for
$ per gallon. The product sold to veterinarians is irradiated at a cost of $ per
gallon and is sold for $ per gallon.