dorsey company manufactures three products from a common input in a joint processing operation. joint processing costs up to the split-off point total $350,000 per quarter. for financial reporting purposes, the company allocates these costs to the joint products on the basis of their relative sales value at the split-off point. unit selling prices and total output at the split-off point are as follows: productselling pricequarterly outputa$ 16per pound15,000poundsb$ 8per pound20,000poundsc$ 25per gallon4,000gallons each product can be processed further after the split-off point. additional processing requires no special facilities. the additional processing costs (per quarter) and unit selling prices after further processing are given below: productadditional processing costsselling pricea$ 63,000$ 20per poundb$ 80,000$ 13per poundc$ 36,000$ 32per gallon required:1. what is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of further processing each of the three products beyond the split-off point?2. based on your analysis in requirement 1, which product or products should be sold at the split-off point and which product or products should be processed further?
