Exhibit 9-1 The Happy Cereal Company Includes a Premium in Each Box

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 9-1
The Happy Cereal Company includes a premium in each box of its cereal. For four premiums plus $2.00, customers are entitled to a plastic wiggle worm that costs Happy $4.50 each. Happy expects 60% of the premiums to be redeemed. In 2016, Happy sold 500,000 boxes of cereal and distributed 25,000 wiggle worms.
-Refer to Exhibit 9-1. What is Happy's premium expense for 2016?

A) $125,000
B) $187,500
C) $225,000
D) $337,500