Answer:
Ceradyne, Inc., should sell them in their current state (partially completed), resulting in a net loss of $4 per unit.
The company will be better off by $21 per unit (if it continues to process them, their loss will be $25 per unit).
Explanation:
total costs incurred $111 up to now
additional relevant costs needed to finish units:
$14 for materials
$15 for direct labor
<u>$9 for variable overhead</u>
$38 per unit
selling price $124 per unit
contribution margin once units are finished = $124 - ($111 + $38) = -$25
if units are sold before being completed, then contribution margin per unit = $107 - $111 = -$4
the company has to try to decrease their losses, and the option of selling partially completed readers results in a loss = $4