Duffy Limited have made two special skin oils for many years from the same process. These are called Nova Oil and Neptune Oil.  The Joint processing costs of £150,000 incurred up-to the split-off point. At the split-off point, they get       100000 Litres of Nova Oil and 50000 Litres of Neptune oil Selling Prices at split-off point Joint cost £100,000 Nova Oil £1.25 per litre     Neptune £2.00 per litre     Nova Oil can be processed further to produce 60000 litres of SuperNova oil SuperNova will cost extra fixed cost of : £20,000   Also, an extra variable cost of : £0.45 per litre of input The sales price of SuperNova is: £3 per litre   What will be the incremental profit of Duffy Limited for the profit-maximizing option?

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  1. Duffy Limited have made two special skin oils for many years from the same process. These are called Nova Oil and Neptune Oil.  The Joint processing costs of £150,000 incurred up-to the split-off point.

At the split-off point, they get

     

100000

Litres of Nova Oil

and

50000

Litres of Neptune oil

Selling Prices at split-off point

Joint cost

£100,000

Nova Oil

£1.25

per litre

   

Neptune

£2.00

per litre

   

Nova Oil can be processed further to produce

60000

litres of SuperNova oil

SuperNova will cost extra fixed cost of :

£20,000

 

Also, an extra variable cost of :

£0.45

per litre of input

The sales price of SuperNova is:

£3

per litre

 

What will be the incremental profit of Duffy Limited for the profit-maximizing option?

 

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