Lemon Manufacturing Company Produces Three Products Using a Joint Process

Multiple Choice

Lemon Manufacturing Company produces three products using a joint process that accumulates $25,000 in joint costs. The products, A, B, and C, can be sold at split- off or processed further and then sold. The production level for each product is 10,000 units. The following unit information is also available: $\begin{array}{llll}&&\text { Separable }\\&&\text { Processing }\\\text { Product } & \begin{array}{l}\text { Sales Value at } \\\text { Split-off }\end{array} & \begin{array}{l}\text { Costs after } \\\text { Split-off }\end{array} & \begin{array}{l}\text { Sales Value at } \\\text { Completion }\end{array}\\\mathrm{A} & \$ 12 & \$ 9 & \$ 21 \\\mathrm{~B} & 10 & 4 & 17 \\\mathrm{C} & 15 & 6 & 19\end{array}$ Product B:

A) can be processed further or sold at split- off; it makes no difference.
B) should be processed further to increase profits by $3 per unit
C) should be processed further to increase profits by $70,000
D) should be sold at split- off to maximize profits