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Division A makes a part with the following characteristics:

Production capacity in units 31,100 units
Selling price to outside customers $ 22
Variable cost per unit $ 15
Total fixed costs $ 102,300

Division B, another division of the same company, would like to purchase 13,700 units of the part each period from Division A. Division B is now purchasing these parts from an outside supplier at a price of $19 each.

Suppose that Division A has ample idle capacity to handle all of Division B's needs without any increase in fixed costs and without cutting into sales to outside customers. If Division A refuses to accept the $19 price internally and Division B continues to buy from the outside supplier, the company as a whole will be:

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  • worse off by $54,800 each period.

  • worse off by $41,100 each period.

  • worse off by $82,200 each period.

  • worse off by $95,900 each period.

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