1.

Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $165 and $130, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $8 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 113,000 units of each product. Its unit costs for each product at this level of activity are given below:

	Alpha				Beta
Direct materials		$	40			$	24
Direct labor			29				25
Variable manufacturing overhead			15				14
Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead			25				27
Variable selling expenses			21				17
Common fixed expenses			24				19
Total cost per unit		$	154			$	126

The company considers its traceable fixed manufacturing overhead to be avoidable, whereas its common fixed expenses are deemed unavoidable and have been allocated to products based on sales dollars.

Required:

What is the total amount of traceable fixed manufacturing overhead for the Alpha product line and for the Beta product line?

2.

Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $125 and $85, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $6 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 101,000 units of each product. Its unit costs for each product at this level of activity are given below:

	Alpha				Beta
Direct materials		$	30			$	12
Direct labor			21				20
Variable manufacturing overhead			8				6
Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead			17				19
Variable selling expenses			13				9
Common fixed expenses			16				11
Total cost per unit		$	105			$	77

The company considers its traceable fixed manufacturing overhead to be avoidable, whereas its common fixed expenses are deemed unavoidable and have been allocated to products based on sales dollars.

Required:

Assume that Cane normally produces and sells 61,000 Betas and 81,000 Alphas per year. If Cane discontinues the Beta product line, its sales representatives could increase sales of Alpha by 16,000 units. If Cane discontinues the Beta product line, how much would profits increase or decrease? (Input the amount as positive value.)