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Solex Company manufactures three products from a common input ina joint processing operation. Joint processing costs up to thesplit-off point total $100,000 per year. The company allocatesthese costs to the joint products on the basis of their total salesvalue at the split-off point. These sales values are as follows:product X, $51,000; product Y, $92,000; and product Z, $60,000.

Each product may be sold at thesplit-off point or processed further. Additional processingrequires no special facilities. The additional processing costs andthe sales value after further processing for each product (on anannual basis) are shown below:

Product	Additional Processing Costs		Sales Value after Further Processing
X	$	35,000	$	79,000
Y	$	39,000	$	154,000
Z	$	11,000	$	80,000

Required:
a.	Compute the incremental profit (loss) for each product.(Loss amounts should be indicated with a minus sign. Omitthe "$" sign in your response.)

	Product X	Product Y	Product Z
Incremental profit (loss)	$	$	$

b.	Which product or products should be sold at the split-off point?(You may select more than one answer.Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check markfor a correct answer and double click the box with the questionmark to empty the box for a wronganswer.)
	Product Xunanswered Product Yunanswered Product Zunanswered

c.	Which product or products should be processed further?(You may select more than one answer.Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check markfor a correct answer and double click the box with the questionmark to empty the box for a wronganswer.)