How much will the decision affect profit

Question

Ajax Company currently produces three products from a joint process. The joint process has total costs of $508,000 per month. All three products, A, B & C, are immediately saleable as they come out of the joint process. Alternatively, any of the products could continue on with additional processing and be sold as a more complete product. The following information is available:

	Units	Immediate Sales Price		Later Sales Price		Unit Cost of Further Processing
A	5,110	$	15	$	16	$	8
B	17,560	$	18	$	31	$	3
C	10,330	$	17	$	35	$	3

a-1.	Should Product A be sold immediately or sold after processing further?

Sell now Sell later

a-2.	How much will the decision affect profit? (Input the amount as positive value. Omit in the "$'' sign in your response.)

Decision affect profit by

$

b-1.	Should Product B be sold immediately or sold after processing further?

Sell later Sell now

b-2.	How much will the decision affect profit? (Input the amount as positive value. Omit in the "$'' sign in your response.)

Decision affect profit by

$

c-1.	Should Product C be sold immediately or sold after processing further?

Sell later Sell now

c-2.	How much will the decision affect profit? (Input the amount as positive value. Omit in the "$'' sign in your response.)

Decision affect profit by

$