Amazon processes sugar beets that it purchases from farmers. Sugar beets are processed in batches. A batch of sugar beets costs $31 to buy from farmers and $15 to crush in the company's plant. Two intermediate products, beet fiber and beet juice, emerge from the crushing process. The beet fiber can be sold as is for $27 or processed further for $14 to make the end product industrial fiber that is sold for $44 The beet juice can be sold as is for $20 or processed further for $32 to make the end product refined sugar that is sold for $58 . How much more profit (loss) does the company make by processing the intermediate product beet juice into refined sugar rather than selling it as is?

a.

$6.00

b.

$38.00

c.

$26.00

d.

$-12.00