Management at work you are the proud owner of a small vintage clothing store. your store, fantastic 40s, specializes in clothing from the 1940s. you have four great employees, rebecca, rachel, roberto, and rafael. at first, business was good, but, recently, you have noticed that sales are slipping. puzzled, you turn to your management textbook for some ideas on how to turn things around.

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.