WP Corporation produces products X, Y, and Z from a single raw material input in a joint production process. Budgeted data for the next month is as follows:
Product X Product Y Product Z
Units produced 1,500 2,000 3,000
Per unit sales value at split-off $ 19.00 $ 21.00 $ 24.00
Added processing costs per unit $ 7.00 $ 7.50 $ 7.00
Per unit sales value if processed further $ 29.00 $ 29.00 $ 30.00
The cost of the joint raw material input is $149,000. Which of the products should be processed beyond the split-off point?
Product X Product Y Product Z
A) Yes Yes No
B) No Yes No
C) Yes No Yes
D) No Yes Yes
1. Choice D
2. Choice A
3. Choice B
4. Choice C

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4. suppose that pollution in a neighborhood comes from two factories, with marginal benefit curves given by mb1 = 12 – p1 and mb2 = 8 – p2. the level of pollution in the neighborhood is given by p = p1 + p2. the government wants to limit pollution by instituting a pollution-rights market. the government’s desired level of p is 10, so it prints 10 pollution rights and offers them for sale to the firms.a)find the equilibrium selling price of a pollution right, as well as the allocation of rights (and hence pollution levels) across the two factories. b)repeat part (a) for the case where the government’s desired level of pollution equals 14. c)comment on the usefulness of a pollution rights market in achieving efficient levels of pollution abatement.

The following pertains to smoke, inc.’s investment in debt securities: on december 31, year 3, smoke reclassified a security acquired during the year for $70,000. it had a $50,000 fair value when it was reclassified from trading to available-for-sale. an available-for-sale security costing $75,000, written down to $30,000 in year 2 because of an other-than-temporary impairment of fair value, had a $60,000 fair value on december 31, year 3. what is the net effect of the above items on smoke’s net income for the year ended december 31, year 3?