Question

Cobe Company has already manufactured 23,000 units of Product A at a cost of $25 per unit. The 23,000 units can be sold at this stage for $420.000. Alternatively, the units can be further processed at a $280.000 total additional cost and be converted into 6.000 units of Product B and 11,900 units of Product C. Per unit selling price for Product B is $106 and for Product C is $52.

Required:
Prepare an analysis that shows whether the 23,000 units of Product A should be processed further or not.

Answer 1

It is more profitable to continue processing the units.

Step-by-step explanation:

Giving the following information:

Product A:

Units= 23,000

Selling price= $420,000

Continue processing:

Product B= 6,000 units sold for $106 each

Product C= 11,900 units sold for $52 each

Total cost= $280,000

We need to calculate the effect on the income of both options and choose the most profitable one. We will not take into account the first costs of Product A because they are irrelevant.

Option 1:

Effect on income= $420,000

Option 2:

Effect on income= (6,000*106) + (11,900*52) - 280,000

Effect on income= $974,800

It is more profitable to continue processing the units.