A purveyor has offered to sell you fudge cakes for $6 each. You try to determine whether you can make the cakes more cheaply. Assuming that you will need to pay an additional employee $9.25 per hour, plus about $1.50 -per- hour fringe benefits, and further assuming that this employee can make 24 cakes per hour, what alternative should you select? Should you "make" or should you buy ? Why?

ing that this employee Should you "make" or should you buy THE RECIPE FOR ONE CAKE IS 12 ounces shortening pound, 12 ounces cake flour pounds sugar 1/4 ounce salt 1/2 ounce vanilla ounce baking soda 1 1/2 pints buttermilk 5 ounces cocoa THE AP PRICES FOR THESE INGREDIE Shortening: $0.32 per pound Cake flour: $11.09 per 50 pounds Sugar: $18.22 per 50 pounds Salt: $0.11 per pound Vanilla: $6.85 per pint Baking soda: $0.24 per pound Eggs: $1.29 per dozen Buttermilk: $2.45 per gallon Cocoa: $2.12 per pound