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 $178,600 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 $209,500 $39,200 $110,100 $300,900 Uhura 299,900 59,100 85,100 400,900 Sulu 454,000 80,300 249,500 800,700 Determine the incremental profit or loss that each of the three joint products. (Enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).) 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 $178,600 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		$209,500			$39,200	$110,100	$300,900
Uhura		299,900			59,100	85,100	400,900
Sulu		454,000			80,300	249,500	800,700

Determine the incremental profit or loss that each of the three joint products. (Enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).)

		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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