An Employee of Morgan Corporation Has Found Some Partially Completed

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Essay

An employee of Morgan Corporation has found some partially completed units of Model X in a dusty corner of the warehouse. A job ticket attached to the units indicates that a total of $750 in manufacturing costs have been used to bring the materials to this point in the manufacturing process. The units can be sold in their current condition for $275 to a scrap metal dealer. If Morgan spends $250 to complete the units, they could be sold for $600.​
(a) What should Morgan do? Why?
(b) Identify the sunk cost, if any.

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Definitions:

Pure Monopolist

A market structure in which a single firm has complete control over the entire market for a product or service, with no close substitutes.

Marginal Cost

The overhead added by producing an extra unit of a product or service.

Profit-Maximizing

A strategy or approach taken by businesses to adjust their price and output levels to achieve the highest possible profit.

Seller

An individual or entity that offers goods or services to others in exchange for compensation.