The stock price of harper corp. is $33 today. the risk-free rate of return is 6%, and harper corp. pays no dividends. a put option on harper corp. stock with an exercise price of $30 and an expiration date 73 days from now is worth $.95 today. a call option on harper corp. stock with an exercise price of $30 and the same expiration date should be worth today.

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.