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Cranbrook Chemical Ltd. manufactures two industrial compounds. In the month of May, 15,000 litres of direct material costing $160,000 were processed at a cost of $400,000. The joint process yielded 16,000 containers of a compound known as Jarlon and 4,000 containers of a compound known as Kharton. The respective selling prices of Jarlon and Kharton are $38 and $58. Both products may be processed further. Jarlon may be processed into Jaxton at an incremental cost of $8 per jar of the final product while Kharton may be processed into Kraxton at an additional cost of $32 per jar of the final product. The volume of jars of the final product are: 12,000 and 3,000 for Jaxton and Kraxton respectively. The selling price of Jaxton is $48 per jar. The selling price of Kraxton is $102 per jar.
-Using the physical measures method, the joint costs allocated to Jarlon would be


A) $320,000.
B) $112,000.
C) $405,328.
D) $448,000.
E) $289,520

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