The Kenton Company processes unprocessed milk to produce two products, Butter Cream and Condensed Milk. The following information was collected for the month of June:

Direct Materials processed: 27,500 gallons (after shrinkage)

Production:

Butter Cream

12,500

gallons

Condensed Milk

15,000

gallons

Sales:

Butter Cream

12,000

gallons

Condensed Milk

14,500

gallons

Sales Price:

Butter Cream

$4.50

per gallon

Condensed Milk

$8.00

per gallon

Separable costs in total:

Butter Cream

$13,000

Condensed Milk

$35,600

The cost of purchasing the of unprocessed milk and processing it up to the split-off point to yield a total of 27,500 gallons of saleable product was $53,000.

The company uses constant gross-margin percentage NRV method to allocate the joint costs of production. What is the allocated joint costs of Butter Cream? (Round intermediary percentages to the nearest hundredth.)

Select one:

a. $33,580

b. $13,000

c. $35,600

d. $19,428