Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $150 and $110, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $5 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 108,000 units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity are given below:

	Alpha				Beta
Direct materials		$	30			$	15
Direct labor			26				22
Variable manufacturing overhead			13				11
Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead			22				24
Variable selling expenses			18				14
Common fixed expenses			21				16
Total cost per unit		$	130			$	102

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.

a. What is the companys total amount of common fixed expenses?

b. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 86,000 Alphas during the current year. One of Cane's sales representatives has found a new customer who is willing to buy 16,000 additional Alphas for a price of $104 per unit. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the new customer's order?

c. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 96,000 Betas during the current year. One of Canes sales representatives has found a new customer who is willing to buy 2,000 additional Betas for a price of $45 per unit. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the new customer's order?

d. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 101,000 Alphas during the current year. One of Cane's sales representatives has found a new customer who is willing to buy 16,000 additional Alphas for a price of $104 per unit; however, pursuing this opportunity will decrease Alpha sales to regular customers by 9,000 units.

a. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the new customers order?