Question 15

Red Sauce Canning Company processes tomatoes into catsup, tomato juice, and canned tomatoes. During November, they incurred joint processing costs of $420,000. Production and sales value information for November are as follows:

Product	Cases	Selling Price/Case	Additional Costs/Case
Catsup	100,000	$10	$2
Tomato Juice	150,000	$8	$1
Canned Tomatoes	250,000	$12	$3

Red Sauce Canning Company is considering an option to further refine Catsup. By incurring an additional cost of $60,000, they will be able to increase their selling price of Catsup to $11.20 per case. Determine the incremental advantage (disadvantage) of this option? (round to the closest $)

please kindly explain

the options are:

	($60,000)
	$60,000
	$260,000
	($260,000)