Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $185 and $150, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $8 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 119,000 units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity are given below:

	Alpha				Beta
Direct materials		$	40			$	24
Direct labor			33				28
Variable manufacturing overhead			20				18
Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead			28				31
Variable selling expenses			25				21
Common fixed expenses			28				23
Total cost per unit		$	174			$	145

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.

3. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 93,000 Alphas during the current year. One of Cane's sales representatives has found a new customer who is willing to buy 23,000 additional Alphas for a price of $132 per unit. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the new customer's order?

4. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 103,000 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 $61 per unit. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the new customer's order?

5. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 108,000 Alphas during the current year. One of Cane's sales representatives has found a new customer who is willing to buy 23,000 additional Alphas for a price of $132 per unit; however pursuing this opportunity will decrease Alpha sales to regular customers by 12,000 units.

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

b. Based on your calculations above should the special order be accepted?