Exercise

Chicken Wings

Nice Chicken grows and processes chickens. Each chicken is disassembled into 5
parts. Information pertaining to production in July 2009 is:

Parts Pounds of Product Wholesale Selling Price per Pound




When production is completed
Breasts

100


0,55
Wings

20

0,20

Thighs

40

0,35

Bones

80

0,10

Feathers

10

0,05

Joint cost of production in July 2009 was $50.
A special shipment of 40 pounds of breasts and 15 pounds of wings has been
destroyed in a fire. The insurance policy provides reimbursement for the cost of
the item destroyed.
Compute the cost of the special shipment destroyed.