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Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.) Part 14 of 15 Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $135 and $95, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $6 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 105,000 units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity are given below: ( 8 00:38:05 Alpha $ 30 Beta $ 18 Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead Variable selling expenses Common fixed expenses Total cost per unit 18 $115 $ 87 The company considers its traceable fixed manufacturing overhead to be avoidable, whereas its common fixed expenses are unavoidable and have been allocated to products based on sales dollars. 14. Assume that Cane's customers would buy a maximum of 83,000 units of Alpha and 63,000 units of Beta. Also assume that the raw material available for production is limited to 200,000 pounds. What total contribution margin will it earn? Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Total contribution margin S 277,140 Required information (The following information applies to the questions displayed below.) Part 15 of 15 Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $135 and $95, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $6 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 105,000 units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity are given below: ( 8 00:38:12 Alpha $ 30 Beta $ 18 eBook Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead Variable selling expenses Common fixed expenses Total cost per unit Print $115 87 The company considers its traceable fixed manufacturing overhead to be avoidable, whereas its common fixed expenses are unavoidable and have been allocated to products based on sales dollars. 15. Assume that Cane's customers would buy a maximum of 83,000 units of Alpha and 63,000 units of Beta. Also assume that the raw material available for production is limited to 200,000 pounds. If Cane uses its 200,000 pounds of raw materials, up to how much should it be willing to pay per pound for additional raw materials? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Maximum price to be paid per pound

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