Wexpro, inc., produces several products from processing 1 ton of clypton, a rare mineral. material and processing costs total $60,000 per ton, one-fourth of which is allocated to product x15. seven thousand units of product x15 are produced from each ton of clypton. the units can either be sold at the split-off point for $9 each, or processed further at a total cost of $9,500 and then sold for $12 each. required: 1. what is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of further processing product x15? 2. should product x15 be processed further or sold at the split-off point?

Fanning company is considering the addition of a new product to its cosmetics line. the company has three distinctly different options: a skin cream, a bath oil, or a hair coloring gel. relevant information and budgeted annual income statements for each of the products follow. skin cream bath oil color gel budgeted sales in units (a) 110,000 190,000 70,000 expected sales price (b) $8 $4 $11 variable costs per unit (c) $2 $2 $7 income statements sales revenue (a × b) $880,000 $760,000 $770,000 variable costs (a × c) (220,000) (380,000) (490,000) contribution margin 660,000 380,000 280,000 fixed costs (432,000) (240,000) (76,000) net income $228,000 $140,000 $204,000 required: (a) determine the margin of safety as a percentage for each product. (b) prepare revised income statements for each product, assuming a 20 percent increase in the budgeted sales volume. (c) for each product, determine the percentage change in net income that results from the 20 percent increase in sales. (d) assuming that management is pessimistic and risk averse, which product should the company add to its cosmetics line? (e) assuming that management is optimistic and risk aggressive, which product should the company add to its cosmetics line?