Coakley Beet Processors: calculate a company’s overall profit or loss by processing intermediate product

Question

Coakley Beet Processors, Inc., processes sugar beets in batches. A batch of sugar beets costs $41 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 $19 or processed further for $11 to make the end product industrial fiber that is sold for $31. The beet juice can be sold as is for $39 or processed further for $39 to make the end product refined sugar that is sold for $75. How much profit (loss) does the company make by processing the intermediate product beet juice into refined sugar rather than selling it as is?

a. $(3)

b. $(12)

c. $(60)

d. $(26)