Marsden manufactures a cat food product called Special Export. Marsden currently has 19,000 bags of Special Export on hand. The variable production costs per bag are $1.8 and total fixed costs are $19,000. The cat food can be sold as it is for $9.0 per bag or be processed further into Prime Cat Food and Feline Surprise at an additional $3,500 cost. The additional processing will yield 19,000 bags of Prime Cat Food and 5,250 bags of Feline Surprise, which can be sold for $8.0 and $6.0 per bag, respectively.

If Special Export is processed further into Prime Cat Food and Feline Surprise, the total gross profit would be:

$187,000

$183,500

$180,000

$145,800

$126,800