Question: please help. thank you so much In a joint process The Umber Company produces four chemicals Alpha456, Beta657,Gamma234, Delta900. Each product may be sold at

please help. thank you so much

In a joint process The Umber Company produces four chemicals Alpha456, Beta657,Gamma234, Delta900. Each product may be sold at its split-off point or processed further. Joint processing costs for a single batch of the joint products are $145,600. Other relevant data are as follows:
Product Liters Produced TotalSales Value Additional TotalSales Value of
At Split-Off Processing Costs Final Product
Alpha456 280 $70,000 $12,000 $88,000
Beta657 250 56,000 9,000 46,000
Gamma234 450 92,400 28,000 110,000
Delta900 220 61,600 13,000 72,000
Total 1,200 $280,000 $66,000 $186,000
REQUIRED
1. Allocate the joint cost to the four primary products using the sales value at split off point method (round to whole dollars).
2. Determine which products should be processed further
3. The Umber Company only processes further the products you have determined to do so in part 2. If all liters of each of the four chemicals are sold what is the gross profit of each product.

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