Dorsey Company manufactures three products from a common input in a joint processing operation. Joint processing costs up to the split$-$off point total $$355,000$ per quarter. For financial reporting purposes, the company allocates these costs to the joint products on the basis of their relative sales value at the split$-$off point. Unit selling prices and total output at the split$-$off point are as follows:

$\backslash$table$[[$Product$,$Selling Price,Quarterly Output$],[$A$,$$$21\mathrm{.}00$ per pound,$13,200$ pounds$],[$B$,$$$15\mathrm{.}00$ per pound,$20,600$ pounds$],[$C$,$$$27\mathrm{.}00$ per gallon,$4,400$ gallons$]]$

Each product can be processed further after the split$-$off point. Additional processing requires no special facilities. The additional processing costs $($per quarter$)$ and unit selling prices after further processing are given below:

$\backslash$table$[[,\backslash$table$[[$Additional$],[$Processing$],[$Costs$]],$Selling Price$],[$Product$,$$$73,440,$$$26\mathrm{.}20$ per pound$],[$A$,$$$73,420,$$$21\mathrm{.}20$ per pound$],[$B$,$$$105,620,$$$35\mathrm{.}20$ per gallon$]]$

Required:

What is the financial advantage $($disadvantage$)$ of further processing each of the three products beyond the split$-$off point?

Based on your analysis in requirement $1,$ which product or products should be sold at the split$-$off point and which product or products should be processed further?

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