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A metal fabricating company uses a job-order cost system. The company expects to have small residual pieces of metal cuttings and shavings from all of its jobs. Although the metal pieces and shavings cannot be reused, they can be sold for scrap. The scrap metal is sold when a ton of scrap has been accumulated. During the current month, 100,000 pounds of aluminum was requisitioned at $1.50 per pound. Aluminum scrap recovery totaled 800 pounds. This amount of scrap is within normal allowances for the company’s operations. The market price for scrap aluminum fluctuates greatly and has ranged from $.25 to $.40 per pound during the last 12 months. The accumulated scrap aluminum was sold last month for $.35 per pound. The appropriate accounting treatment for the scrap aluminum recovered during the current month is to