15 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 $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 average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity are given below: Direct materials ook Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead Variable selling expenses rint Common fixed expenses Total cost per unit rences Alpha Deta $ 30 $ 12 21 20 8 6 17 19 13 9 16 11 $ 105 $77 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 11-8 (Algo) 8. 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. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Beta product line? Foundational 11-9 (Algo) 9. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 81,000 Alphas during the current year. A supplier has offered to manufacture and deliver 81,000 Alphas to Cane for a price of $84 per unit. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of buying 81,000 units from the supplier instead of making those units? Foundational 11-10 (Algo) 10. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 51,000 Alphas during the current year. A supplier has offered to manufacture and deliver 51,000 Alphas to Cane for a price of $84 per unit. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of buying 51,000 units from the supplier instead of making those units? Foundational 11-11 (Algo) 11. How many pounds of raw material are needed to make one unit of each of the two products? Pounds of raw materials per unit Alpha Beta