Vannorman Corporation Processes Sugar Beets in Batches

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Multiple Choice

Vannorman Corporation processes sugar beets in batches.A batch of sugar beets costs $78 to buy from farmers and $18 to crush in the company's plant.Two intermediate products,beet fiber and beet juice,emerge from the crushing process.The beet fiber can be sold as is for $25 or processed further for $16 to make the end product industrial fiber that is sold for $57.The beet juice can be sold as is for $39 or processed further for $22 to make the end product refined sugar that is sold for $84.How much profit (loss) does the company make by processing one batch of sugar beets into the end products industrial fiber and refined sugar?

• A) $(134)
• B) $(32)
• C) $7
• D) $39

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Definitions:

Eudicots

A major group of flowering plants characterized by having two cotyledons in their seedlings, net-veined leaves, and floral organs typically in multiples of four or five.

Torpedo Stage

A stage in plant embryo development characterized by the elongation of the embryo body, resembling the shape of a torpedo.

Triploid

An organism or cell having three sets of chromosomes, often resulting from the fertilization of an egg by two sperm, or a combination of a diploid and haploid organism.

Polar Nuclei

Two nuclei in the ovule of flowering plants that fuse with one sperm cell during double fertilization to form the triploid endosperm, nourishing the developing embryo.