National Chemical Company manufactures a chemical compound that is sold for $53 per gallon. A newvariant of the chemical has been discovered, and if the basic compound were processed into the newvariant, the selling price would be $81 per gallon. National expects the market for the new compoundvariant to be 8,500 gallons initially and determines that processing costs to refine the basic compoundinto the new variant would be $136, 000. Required: What would be the effect on total profit if Nationalproduces the new compound variant? Should National produce the new compound variant?

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National Chemical Company manufactures a chemical compound that is sold for $53 per gallon. variant of the chemical has been discovered, and if the basic compound were processed into the variant, the selling price would be $81 per gallon. National expects the market for the new compo variant to be 8,500 gallons initially and determines that processing costs to refine the basic comp into the new variant would be $136,000. Required: What would be the effect on total profit if Na produces the new compound variant? Should National produce the new compound variant?

National Chemical Company manufactures a chemical compound that is sold for $53 per gallon. variant of the chemical has been discovered, and if the basic compound were processed into the variant, the selling price would be $81 per gallon. National expects the market for the new compo variant to be 8,500 gallons initially and determines that processing costs to refine the basic comp into the new variant would be $136,000. Required: What would be the effect on total profit if Na produces the new compound variant? Should National produce the new compound variant?

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