$1.$ Assuming the company has no alternative use for the facilities that are now being used to produce the carburetors, what would be the financial advantage $($disadvantage$)$ of buying $18,000$ carburetors from the outside supplier?

$2.$ Should the outside supplier$$s offer be accepted?

$3.$ Suppose that if the carburetors were purchased, Troy Engines, Limited, could use the freed capacity to launch a new product. The segment margin of the new product would be $$180,000$ per year. Given this new assumption, what would be the financial advantage $($disadvantage$)$ of buying $18,000$ carburetors from the outside supplier?

$4.$ Given the new assumption in requirement $3,$ should the outside supplier$$s offer be accepted?