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Sell or process further? National Chemical Company manufactures a chemical compound that i...

Sell or process further? National Chemical Company manufactures a chemical compound that is sold for $58 per gallon. A new variant of the chemical has been discovered, and if the basic compound were processed into the new variant, the selling price would be $72 per gallon. National expects the market for the new compound variant to be 5,600 gallons initially and determines that processing costs to refine the basic compound into the new variant would be $72,800.

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Should National produce the new compound variant? Explain your answer.

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