Exercise $23-5($Algo$)$ Sell or process LO P$2$

Varto Company has $12,000$ units of its product in inventory that it produced last year at a cost of $$151,000.$ This year's model is better

than last year's, and the $12,000$ units cannot be sold at last year's normal selling price of $$45$ each. Varto has two alternatives for these

units: $(1)$ They can be sold as is to a wholesaler for $$96,000$ or $(2)$ they can be processed further at an additional cost of $$258,600$ and

then sold for $$348,000.$

$($a$)$ Prepare a sell as is or process further analysis of income effects.

$($b$)$ Should Varto sell the products as is or process further and then sell them?