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Transcribed Image Text:Sell or Process Further
Calgary Lumber Company incurs a cost of $388 per hundred board feet (hbf) in processing certain "rough-cut" lumber, which it sells for $558 per hbf. An alternative is to produce a "finished-cut" at a total
processing cost of $530 per hbf, which can be sold for $768 per hbf.
a. Prepare a differential analysis dated March 15 on whether to sell rough-cut lumber (Alternative 1) or process further into finished-cut lumber (Alternative 2).
Differential Analysis
Sell Rough-Cut (Alt. 1) or Process Further into Finished-Cut (Alt. 2)
March 15
Sell
Process Further
Differential
Rough-Cut
into Finished-Cut
Effects
(Alternative 1)
(Alternative 2)
(Alternative 2)
Revenues, per 100 board ft.
$
Costs, per 100 board ft.
Profit (Loss), per 100 board ft. $
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Step 1
Differential analysis is selecing most profitable alternative or comparing opportunity costs of alternatives .
In the above example we will compare two alternatives and will calculate theopportunity cost of not going for alternative no. 2.
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