Solaris Autos Inc., a large automobile company, made an initial small investment in a start-up company that was developing a solar-powered car. This gave Solaris Autos controlling interests in the start-up company. However, Solaris Autos had no obligations to make continued investments in the experiments of the start-up company. It could invest small amounts depending on the new product's success at each stage of its development. If the product proved to be successful, Solaris Autos would have the right to buy out the start-up company. This approach to strategic alliance is referred to as .

Pestiferous manufacturing produces a chemical pesticide and uses process costing. there are three processing departmentslong dash​mixing, ​refining, and packaging. on january​ 1, the first departmentlong dashmixinglong dashhad no beginning inventory. during​ january, 48,000 fl. oz. of chemicals were started in production. of​ these, 40,000 fl. oz. were​ completed, and​ 8,000 fl. oz. remained in process. in the mixing​ department, all direct materials are added at the beginning of the production​ process, and conversion costs are applied evenly throughout the process. at the end of​ january, the equivalent unit data for the mixing department were as​ follows: units equivalent units equivalent units units to be accounted for direct materials costs conversion costs completed and transferred out ​40,000 ​40,000 ​40,000 ending​ work-in-process* ​8,000 ​8,000 ​3,520 ​48,000 ​48,000 ​43,520 ​* percent complete for conversion​ costs: 44% in addition to the​ above, the cost per equivalent unit were​ $1.35 for direct materials and​ $5.30 for conversion costs. using this​ data, calculate the full cost of the ending wip balance in the mixing department. the​ weighted-average method is used.