Joint costs are useful for A. Setting the selling price of a product. B. Determining inventory cost for accounting purposes. C. Evaluating management by means of a responsibility reporting system. D. Determining whether to continue producing an item.

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Jazmine Lucero

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10 April, 05:03

Joint costs are useful for A. Setting the selling price of a product. B. Determining inventory cost for accounting purposes. C. Evaluating management by means of a responsibility reporting system. D. Determining whether to continue producing an item.

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Diamond Thornton · Answer 1

B. Determining inventory cost for accounting purposes

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Joint cost is the manufacturing cost incurred on a joint production process which takes common inputs but at the same time produces multiple products called joint-products e. g. processing of crude oil simultaneously yields gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, lubricants and other products.