A Company Has Already Incurred a $600 Cost in Partially

question 84

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A company has already incurred a $600 cost in partially producing its two products.Their selling prices when partially and fully processed are shown in the following table with the additional costs necessary to finish their processing.Based on this information, the company should process both products further.
$$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Product } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Unfinished } \\\text { Selling Price }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Finished } \\\text { Selling Price }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Further } \\\text { Processing } \\\text { Costs }\end{array} \\\hline \text { A } & \$ 425 & \$ 500 & \$ 70 \\\hline \text { B } & 375 & 400 & 20 \\\hline\end{array}$$

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