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- August 15, 2023 at 6:36 pm #689981
This question relates to the December 2013 – Q1 Process Co
Extract: Product L
– 1200kg can be sold for $5.60 per kg or processed further and sold for $6.70 per kg
– further processing cost is $0.50 per kg
– there is a loss of 5% during further processing.
– calculate whether the product should be further processed or not.Calculation: Incremental Revenue
– Revenue after further processing 1200*0.95*6.70 = 7,638
– Revenue if not processed further 1200*5.60 = 6,720
– Net profit/ loss 918 (additional profit)(understood)Less: Incremental Variable cost (1,200*0.95*0.5) = -560
Marginal Income 358 (additional profit therefore Product L should be further processed.Question
I don’t understand why we only take 95% of the product when calculating incremental variable cost. At the start of the process there is 1,200kg and 5% is lost during production.
The loss of 5% is taken into account when calculating the additional revenue.March 1, 2024 at 11:38 pm #701617The loss is only when further processing for a higher selling price happens
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