Exercise $13-13($Algo$)$ Sell or Process Further Decision $[$L$013-7]$

Wexpro, Inc., produces several products from processing $1$ ton of clypton, a rare mineral. Material and processing costs total $$71,000$

per ton, one$-$fourth of which is allocated to product X$15.$ Six thousand five hundred units of product X$15$ are produced from each ton of

clypton. The units can either be sold at the split$-$off point for $$17$ each, or processed further at a total cost of $$8,800$ and then sold for

$$22$ each.

Required:

What is the financial advantage $($disadvantage$)$ of further processing product $x15?$

Should product $x15$ be processed further or sold at the split$-$off point?