In industries that process joint products, the costs of the raw materials inputs and the sales values of intermediate and final products are often volatile. Change the data area of your worksheet to match the following:

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4	Exhibit 10-6 Santa Maria Wool Cooperative
5	Cost of wool	$217,000
6	Cost of separation process	$40,000
7	Sales value of intermediate products at split-off point:
8	Undyed coarse wool	$121,000
9	Undyed fine wool	$132,000
10	Undyed superfine wool	$73,000
11	Costs of further processing (dyeing) intermediate products:
12	Undyed coarse wool	$50,000
13	Undyed fine wool	$60,000
14	Undyed superfine wool	$10,000
15	Sales value of end products:
16	Dyed coarse wool	$150,000
17	Dyed fine wool	$200,000
18	Dyed superfine wool	$100,000

If your formulas are correct, you should get the correct answers to the following questions.

(a)	What is the overall profit if all intermediate products are processed into final products?

Overall profit from processing all intermediate products

$

(b)	What is the profit from further processing each of the intermediate products? (Input all amounts as positive values.)

Loss or Profit from further processing undyed coarse wool	$
Profit or Loss from further processing undyed fine wool	$
Loss or Profit from further processing undyed superfine wool	$

(c)	With these new costs and selling prices, what recommendations would you make concerning the company