A company incurred costs of $8,000 in producing 1,000 gallons of Apex. Apex can be sold for $24 per gallon now or processed further at a cost of $14,000 and then sold for $40 per gallon. Which one of the following actions would be most advantageous to the company and what is the economic effect?

	a.	Sell Apex now; the company would be $2,000 better off
	b.	Process Apex further; the company would be $16,000 better off
	c.	Sell Apex now; the company would be $10,000 better off.
	d.	Process Apex further; the company would be $2,000 better off.