Deakin Chemical generates 4 solvents (B, C, D, and E) simultaneously from the joint production in Department A. In 2020, Department A consumes $56,000 direct material and $24,000 direct labour; the manufacturing overhead are $10,000. Solvent B is the by-product. The firm deducts the estimated NRV of by-product (net realizable value) from the joint cost of solvents C, D, and E. The following is the cost and revenue information for the output of Department A in 2020:

	Barrels	Sales price per barrel at split-off point	Further processing cost per barrel	Final sales price per barrel
B	500	--	$2.00	$3.50
C	10,000	$8.00	--	--
D	14,000	$12.50	$8.00	$19.00
E	20,000	$4.00	--	--

Currently, by-product solvent B requires further processing before it could be sold to customers. Solvents C and E can be sold directly at the split-off point, without further processing. Solvent D can be sold directly at the split-off point; alternatively, it could be processed further so that it could be sold to outside customers at a higher sales price. The further processing of solvent D requires 14,000 barrels of solvent F that can be purchased at $4.50 per barrel. The additional labour and overhead cost in the further processing are $3.50 for each barrel of Solvent D. Thus, the further processing cost of solvent D is $8.00 per barrel. The physical amount of Solvent D does not change in the further processing.

Required

1. Should Deakin Chemical further process solvent D? Why? Use your computation to support your answer. (6 marks)