Question

A company has already incurred $7,200 of costs in producing 6,000 units of Product XY. Product XY can be sold as is for $31 per unit. Instead, the company could incur further processing costs of $10 per unit and sell the resulting product for $35 per unit. Should the company sell Product XY as is or process it further

Answer 1

Answer: Sell as is or lose $36,000

Step-by-step explanation:

If the company sells as is, they could sell at a price of $31 per unit.

If they process further and sell at $35, they would incur a cost of $10 per unit which leaves them with profit of:

= 35 - 10

= $25

This is lower than the selling price if they sell as is and will therefore give a loss of:

= (31 - 25) * 6,000 units

=- $36,000

Company should sell as is so as not to lose $36,000