The Wyeth Corporation produces three products, A, B, and C, from a single raw material input. Product A can be sold at the split off point for $40,000, or it can be processed further at a total cost of $15,000 and then sold for $58,000. Joint costs total $60,000 annually. Product A should be: Multiple Choice discontinued because revenues after further processing are less than total joint costs. sold at the split-off point. processed further and then sold. processed further only if its share of the total joint costs is less than the incremental revenues from further processing.

Wo firms, a and b, each currently dump 50 tons of chemicals into the local river. the government has decided to reduce the pollution and from now on will require a pollution permit for each ton of pollution dumped into the river. it costs firm a $100 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river, and it costs firm b $50 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river. the government gives each firm 20 pollution permits. government officials are not sure whether to allow the firms to buy or sell the pollution permits to each other. what is the total cost of reducing pollution if firms are not allowed to buy and sell pollution permits from each other? what is the total cost of reducing pollution if the firms are allowed to buy and sell permits from each other? a. $3,000; $1,500 b. $4,500; $3,500 c. $4,500; $4,000 d. $4,500; $2,500