(Prepared from a situation suggested by Professor John W. Hardy.) Lone Star Meat Packers is a major processor of beef and other meat products. The company has a large amount of T-bone steak on hand, and it is trying to decide whether to sell the T-bone steaks as they are initially cut or to process them further into filet mignon and the New York cut. If the T-bone steaks are sold as initially cut, the company figures that a 1-pound T-bone steak would yield the following profit: Selling price ($2.30 per pound) $ 2.30 Less joint costs incurred up to the split-off point where T-bone steak can be identified as a separate product 1.25 Profit per pound $ 1.05 As mentioned above, instead of being sold as initially cut, the T-bone steaks could be further processed into filet mignon and New York cut steaks. Cutting one side of a T-bone steak provides the filet mignon, and cutting the other side provides the New York cut. One 16-ounce T-bone steak cut in this way will yield one 6-ounce filet mignon and one 8-ounce New York cut; the remaining ounces are waste. The cost of processing the T-bone steaks into these cuts is $0.13 per pound. The filet mignon can be sold for $4.00 per pound, and the New York cut can be sold for $3.50 per pound. Required: 1. Determine the profit per pound from processing the T-bone steaks into filet mignon and New York cut steaks. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) 2. Would you recommend that the T-bone steaks be sold as initially cut or processed further? T-bone steaks should be sold as initially cut. T-bone steaks should be processed further. Referencese Book & Resources Worksheet Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 07-07 Prepare an analysis showing whether joint products should be sold at the split-off point or processed further.