6. Assume that Cane normally produces and sells 102,000 Betas per year. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Beta product line?

7. Assume that Cane normally produces and sells 52,000 Betas per year. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Beta product line?

8. Assume that Cane normally produces and sells 72,000 Betas and 92,000 Alphas per year. If Cane discontinues the Beta product line, its sales representatives could increase sales of Alpha by 12,000 units. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Beta product line?

15. Assume that Canes customers would buy a maximum of 92,000 units of Alpha and 72,000 units of Beta. Also assume that the companys raw material available for production is limited to 300,000 pounds. If Cane uses its 300,000 pounds of raw materials, up to how much should it be willing to pay per pound for additional raw materials?

Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $180 and $145, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $6 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 118,000 units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity are given below: Alpha Beta $ 24 27 17 30 20 $ 36 32 19 27 24 27 $165 Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead Variable selling expenses Common fixed expenses Total cost per unit $140 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