Guzman Corporation makes and sells skateboards. Guzman currently makes the 60,000 wheels used annually in its skateboards

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Guzman Corporation makes and sells skateboards. Guzman currently makes the 60,000 wheels used annually in its skateboards but has an opportunity to purchase the wheels from a reliable manufacturer. The costs of making the wheels follow.
Annual Costs Associated with Manufacturing Skateboard Wheels
Materials (60,000 units x $4) ................ $240,000
Labor (60,000 units x $2) .................. 120,000
Depreciation on manufacturing equipment* .......... 24,000
Salary of wheel production supervisor ............. 65,000
Rental cost of equipment used to make wheels ......... 55,000
Allocated portion of corporate-level facility-sustaining costs ..... 33,000
Total cost to make 60,000 wheels ................ $537,000
*The equipment has a book value of $74,000 but its market value is zero.

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a. Determine the maximum price per unit that Guzman would be willing to pay for the wheels.
b. Would the price computed in Requirement a change if production were increased to 80,000 units? Support your answer with appropriate computations.

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