Corp purchases trees from Vendor and processes them up to the splitoff point where two products $($paper and pencil casings$)$ are obtained and sold separately. The following information was collected for the month of October:

Trees processed: $250$ trees

Production: paper $180,000$ sheets

pencil casings $180,000$

Sales: paper $174,000$ at $$0\mathrm{.}12$ per page

pencil casings $178,500$ at $$0\mathrm{.}15$ per casing

The cost of purchasing $250$ trees and processing them up to the splitoff point to yield $180,000$ sheets of paper and $180,000$ pencil casings is $$12,500.$ Corp$$s accounting department reported no beginning inventory$\mathrm{.}6)$ How much is the total cost of goods sold for the period? $($for paper and pencil casings combined$)$

$7)$ How much is total gross margin$/$profit for the period? $($for paper and pencil casings combined$)$