ABC Company produces a part that is used in the manufacture of one of its products. The annual costs associated with the production of 5,000 units of this part are as follows:

Direct materials $100,000

Direct labor 56,000

Variable factory overhead 72,000

Fixed factory overhead 168,000

Total costs $396,000

Of the fixed factory overhead costs, $72,000 are avoidable. Another company has offered to sell 5,000 units of the same part to ABC for $70.00 per unit. The facilities currently used to make the part can be rented out to another manufacturer for $72,000 per year. What should ABC Company do?

Select one:

a. Make the part to save $50,000.

b. Buy the part and rent the facilities to save $72,000.

c. Buy the part and rent the facilities to save $22,000.

d. Make the part to save $22,000.