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Sonimad Sawmill, Inc. $($SSI$),$ purchases logs from independent timber contractors and processes them into the following three types of lumber products:

$1.$ Studs for residential construction $($e$.$g$.,$ walls and ceilings$)$

$2.$ Decorative pieces $($e$.$g$.,$ fireplace mantels and beams for cathedral ceilings$)$

$3.$ Posts used as support braces $($e$.$g$.,$ mine support braces and braces for exterior fences around ranch properties$)$ type of wood $($pine$,$ oak, walnut, or maple$)$ and the size $($diameter$)$ of the log$.$

The joint process results in the following costs and output of products during a typical month:

Joint production costs:

Product yield and average sales value on a per$-$unit basis from the joint process are as follows:

decorative pieces where the sales price averages $\backslash (\backslash$$ $60\backslash )$ per unit.

Based on the information given for Sonimad Sawmill, Inc., allocate the joint processing costs of $$1,010,000$ to each of the three product lines using the:

$($Note: Difference due to rounding.$)$

b$.$ Physical units method at split$-$off.

$($Note: Difference due to rounding.$)$

Prepare an analysis for Sonimad Sawmill, Inc., to compare processing the decorative pieces further as it presently does, with selling the rough$-$cut product immediately at split$-$off.

Sonimad Sawmill, Inc.

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