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! Required information The Foundational 15 (Algo) (LO11-2, LO11-3, LO11-4, LO11-5, LO11-6) (The following information applies to the questions displayed below.) Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $170 and $130, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $6 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 116,000 units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity are given below: Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead Variable selling expenses Common fixed expenses Total cos Alpha Beta $ 30 $ 18 30 25 20 15 26 28 22 18 25 20 $ 153 $ 124 per unit 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. Foundational 11-10 (Algo) 10. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 60,000 Alphas during the current year. A supplier has offered to manufacture and deliver 60,000 Alphas to Cane for a price of $120 per unit What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of buying 60,000 units from the supplier instead of making those units? Required information The Foundational 15 (Algo) (L011-2, LO11-3, LO11-4, LO11-5, LO11-6) [The following information applies to the questions displayed below) Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $170 and $130, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $6 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 116,000 units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity are given below: Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead Variable selling expenses Connon fixed expenses Total cost per unit Alpha $ 30 30 20 26 22 25 $ 153 Reta $ 18 25 15 28 18 20 $ 124 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. Foundational 11-9 (Algo) 9. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 90,000 Alphas during the current year. A supplier has offered to manufacture and deliver 90,000 Alphas to Cane for a price of $120 per unit. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of buying 90,000 units from the supplier instead of making those units? Required information The Foundational 15 (Algo) (L011-2, LO11-3, LO11-4, LO11-5, LO11-6) [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.) Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $170 and $130, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $6 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 116,000 units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity are given below: Beta Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead Variable selling expenses Common fixed expenses Total cost per unit Alpha $ 30 30 20 26 22 25 $ 153 $ 18 25 15 28 18 20 $ 124 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. Foundational 11-7 (Algo) 7. Assume that Cane normally produces and sells 50,000 Betas per year. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Beta product line

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