Exercise 13-13 (Algo) Sell or Process Further Decision [LO13-7]

Exercise 13-13 (Algo) Sell or Process Further Decision [LO13-7] Wexpro, Incorporated, 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 X15. Six thousand five hundred units of product Xi5 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 522 each Required: 1. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of further processing product X15? 2. 5hould product X 15 be processed further or sold at the split-off point