Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $$150$ and $$105,$ respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $$5$ per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce $107,000$ units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity is given below:

The company$$s traceable fixed manufacturing overhead is avoidable, whereas its common fixed expenses are unavoidable and have been allocated to products based on sales dollars.

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$6.$Assume Cane normally produces and sells $95,000$ Betas per year. What is the financial advantage $($disadvantage$)$ of discontinuing the Beta product line?

$7.$Assume Cane normally produces and sells $45,000$ Betas per year. What is the financial advantage $($disadvantage$)$ of discontinuing the Beta product line?

$8.$Assume Cane normally produces and sells $65,000$ Betas and $85,000$ Alphas per year. If Cane discontinues the Beta product line, its sales representatives could increase sales of Alpha by $20,000$ units. What is the financial advantage $($disadvantage$)$ of discontinuing the Beta product line

$9.$Assume Cane expects to produce and sell $85,000$ Alphas during the current year. A supplier offered to manufacture and deliver $85,000$ Alphas to Cane for a price of $$100$ per unit. What is the financial advantage $($disadvantage$)$ of buying $85,000$ units from the supplier instead of making those units?