Reference: 23_01 Marsden Manufactures a Cat Food Product Called Special Export. Marsden

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Reference: 23_01
Marsden manufactures a cat food product called Special Export. Marsden currently has 10,000 bags of Special Export on hand. The variable production costs per bag are $1.80 and total fixed costs are $10,000. The cat food can be sold as it is for $9 per bag or be processed further into Prime Cat Food and Feline Surprise at an additional $2,000 cost. The additional processing will yield 10,000 bags of Prime Cat Food and 3,000 bags of Feline Surprise, which can be sold for $8 and $6 per bag, respectively.
-If Special Export is processed further into Prime Cat Food and Feline Surprise,the total gross profit would be:

• A) $68,000
• B) $78,000
• C) $96,000
• D) $98,000
• E) $100,000

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