8. Assume that Cane normally produces and sells 76,000 Betas and 96,000 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?

9. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 96,000 Alphas during the current year. A supplier has offered to manufacture and deliver 96,000 Alphas to Cane for a price of $144 per unit. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of buying 96,000 units from the supplier instead of making those units?

10. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 71,000 Alphas during the current year. A supplier has offered to manufacture and deliver 71,000 Alphas to Cane for a price of $144 per unit. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of buying 71,000 units from the supplier instead of making those units?

15. Assume that Canes customers would buy a maximum of 96,000 units of Alpha and 76,000 units of Beta. Also assume that the companys raw material available for production is limited to 246,000 pounds. If Cane uses its 246,000 pounds of raw materials, up to how much should it be willing to pay per pound for additional raw materials? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $215 and $160, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $7 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 125,000 units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity are given below: Alpha $ 42 35 23 Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead Variable selling expenses Common fixed expenses Total cost per unit Beta $ 21 28 21 34 24 26 31 28 31 $190 $ 154 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