A Company Has Already Incurred a $15,000 Cost in Partially

question 70

Multiple Choice

A company has already incurred a $15,000 cost in partially producing its three 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,should any products be processed further?
$$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Product } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Unfinished } \\\text { Selling Price }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Finished } \\\text { Selling Price }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Further } \\\text { Processing } \\\text { Costs }\end{array} \\\hline \text { A } & \$ 750 & \$ 875 & \$ 130 \\\hline \text { B } & 850 & 1,000 & 155 \\\hline \text { C } & 950 & 1,200 & 255 \\\hline\end{array}$$

• A) All of these products should be processed further.
• B) None of these products should be processed further.
• C) Only product A should be processed further.
• D) Only product B should be processed further.
• E) Only product C should be processed further.

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