A Company Has Already Incurred an $81,000 Cost in Partially

question 69

Essay

A company has already incurred an $81,000 cost in partially producing its three products.Their selling prices when partially and fully processed are shown in the table below with the additional costs necessary to finish their processing.Based on this information,should any products be processed further?
$$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Product } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Unfinished } \\\text { Selling Price }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Finished } \\\text { Selling Price }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Further } \\\text { Processing } \\\text { Costs }\end{array} \\\hline \text { A } & \$ 43.20 & \$ 81.10 & \$ 29.74 \\\hline \text { B } & \$ 51.16 & \$ 85.73 & \$ 36.61 \\\hline \text { C } & \$ 70.50 & \$ 97.22 & \$ 23.32 \\\hline\end{array}$$

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