Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $175 and $135, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $5 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 117,000 units of each product. Its unit costs for each product at this level of activity are given below:

	Alpha				Beta
Direct materials		$	40			$	15
Direct labor			30				30
Variable manufacturing overhead			18				16
Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead			26				29
Variable selling expenses			23				19
Common fixed expenses			26				21
Total cost per unit		$	163			$	130

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

1.

What is the total amount of traceable fixed manufacturing overhead for the Alpha product line and for the Beta product line?

2.

What is the companys total amount of common fixed expenses?

3.

Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 91,000 Alphas during the current year. One of Cane's sales representatives has found a new customer that is willing to buy 21,000 additional Alphas for a price of $124 per unit. If Cane accepts the customers offer, how much will its profits increase or decrease?

4.

Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 101,000 Betas during the current year. One of Canes sales representatives has found a new customer that is willing to buy 3,000 additional Betas for a price of $59 per unit. If Cane accepts the customers offer, how much will its profits increase or decrease?