Boney Corporation processes sugar beets that it purchases from farmers Sugar bee
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Boney Corporation processes sugar beets that it purchases from farmers Sugar beets are processed in batches. A batch of sugar beets costs $51 to buy from farmers and $12 to crush in the company's plant. Two intermediate products, beet fiber and beet juice, emerge from the crushing process. The beet fiber can be sold as is for $17 or processed further for $16 to make the end product industrial fiber that is sold for $63. The beet juice can be sold as is for $46 or processed further for $20 to make the end product refined sugar that is sold for $63. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) for the company from processing the intermediate product beet juice into refined sugar rather than selling it as is?Explanation / Answer
Dear Student Thank you for using Chegg Please find below the answer Statementshowing Computations Paticulars Beet Juice Selling price after further processing 63.00 Selling price at split off point 46.00 Incremental revenue per pound or gallon 17.00 Total Incremental Processing costs (20.00) Total Incremental profit or loss (3.00) Thus it is disadvantage for the company to further process