Wholesome Dairy processes milk. The cost of the milk processing is $1,340,000. Wholesome is looking...

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Wholesome Dairy processes milk. The cost of the milk processing is $1,340,000. Wholesome is looking to increase its net income and is exploring the possibility of expanding its products to include cream and/or ice cream. It takes 1 gallon of milk to make a half gallon of ice cream

Product Units Produced Selling Price Additional Processing costs
Milk 804,000 gallons $ 3.06 per gallon
Ice Cream ? 6.16 per half gallon $ 0.29 per half gallon

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1. How many half gallons of ice cream can Wholesome make?

2. What are the additional processing costs to convert the milk to ice cream?

3. Should Wholesome sell the milk or process it further and sell ice cream?

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