6. In the case of an investment in equity securities where the investor does not have significant influence and the investment is carried at fair value, a dividend from the investee is: a. A reduction of the carrying amount of the investment. b. Income to the investor in the period of declaration. c. An expense to the investor in the period of declaration. d. A direct increase to retained earnings of the investor to offset the direct decrease to retained earnings of the investee.

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.