Mae Refiners, Inc

question 136

Multiple Choice

Mae Refiners, Inc., processes sugar cane that it purchases from farmers. Sugar cane is processed in batches. A batch of sugar cane costs $60 to buy from farmers and $13 to crush in the company's plant. Two intermediate products, cane fiber and cane juice, emerge from the crushing process. The cane fiber can be sold as is for $29 or processed further for $13 to make the end product industrial fiber that is sold for $61. The cane juice can be sold as is for $40 or processed further for $28 to make the end product molasses that is sold for $67. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) for the company from processing the intermediate product cane juice into molasses rather than selling it as is?

• A) ($74) per batch
• B) ($14) per batch
• C) ($1) per batch
• D) ($38) per batch

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Definitions:

IR Spectroscopy

A technique used in analytical chemistry to identify molecular structure through the absorption of infrared radiation by molecules, leading to vibrational and rotational changes.

Electronegativity

A measure of the tendency of an atom to attract a bonding pair of electrons towards itself in a molecule.

Frequency

The number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time.

Characteristic Stretching

The unique vibration of molecular bonds within a molecule, used in infrared spectroscopy to identify specific functional groups.