Kirk Minerals processes materials extracted from mines. The most common raw material that it processes results in three joint products: Spock, Uhura, and Sulu. Each of these products can be sold as is, or each can be processed further and sold for a higher price. The company incurs joint costs of $179,400 to process one batch of the raw material that produces the three joint products. The following cost and sales information is available for one batch of each product. Sales Value atSplit-Off PointAllocatedJoint CostsCost to ProcessFurtherSales Value ofProcessed Product Spock $209,700 $40,000 $109,600 $300,900 Uhura 300,000 60,200 84,900 399,900 Sulu 455,500 79,200 249,500 800,500 Determine the incremental profit or loss that each of the three joint products. Spock Uhura Sulu Incremental profit (loss) $ $ $ Indicate whether each of the three joint products should be sold as is, or processed further.Spock Uhura Sulu

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Kirk Minerals processes materials extracted from mines. The most common raw material that it processes results in three joint products: Spock, Uhura, and Sulu. Each of these products can be sold as is, or each can be processed further and sold for a higher price. The company incurs joint costs of $179,400 to process one batch of the raw material that produces the three joint products. The following cost and sales information is available for one batch of each product.

	Sales Value at Split-Off Point	Allocated Joint Costs	Cost to Process Further	Sales Value of Processed Product
Spock		$209,700			$40,000	$109,600	$300,900
Uhura		300,000			60,200	84,900	399,900
Sulu		455,500			79,200	249,500	800,500

Determine the incremental profit or loss that each of the three joint products.

		Spock		Uhura		Sulu
Incremental profit (loss)		$		$		$

Indicate whether each of the three joint products should be sold as is, or processed further.

Spock
Uhura
Sulu

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