Davidian Company Uses a Joint Process to Produce Products W

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Davidian Company uses a joint process to produce products W, X, Y, and Z. Each product may be sold at its split- off point or processed further. Additional processing costs of specific products are entirely variable. Joint processing costs for a single batch of joint products are $120,000. Other relevant data are as follows: Which products should Davidian process further?

• A) all
• B) none
• C) all except Z
• D) X and Y

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