Relevance of Joint Costs for Decision

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Relevance of joint costs for decision
The managers of firm LT are facing a decision to discontinue the production process. This process begins with a joint process that yields three products. Each of the three products is further processed after the split-off point. The costs of the entire production process are broken down into two major categories: costs of the joint process before split-off and after split-off. Discuss the relevance of each of these categories of costs to the decision to discontinue the entire production process.

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