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Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $120 and $80, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material
Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $120 and $80, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $6 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 100,000 units of each product. Its unit costs for each product at this level of activity are given below: |
Alpha | Beta | |||||||
Direct materials | $ | 30 | $ | 12 | ||||
Direct labor | 20 | 15 | ||||||
Variable manufacturing overhead | 7 | 5 | ||||||
Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead | 16 | 18 | ||||||
Variable selling expenses | 12 | 8 | ||||||
Common fixed expenses | 15 | 10 | ||||||
Total cost per unit | $ | 100 | $ | 68 | ||||
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.
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Alpha | Beta | ||||
Units | 100,000 | 100,000 | |||
Selling price | 120 | 80 | |||
Direct material @ $ 6 | 30 | 12 | |||
Direct Labour | 20 | 15 | |||
Variable Manufacturing Overhead | 7 | 5 | |||
Variable Selling Expenses | 12 | 8 | |||
Total Variable Cost | 69 | 40 | |||
Contribution Margin | 51 | 40 | |||
Total Contribution | 5,100,000 | 4,000,000 | |||
Traceable Fixed Manufacturing Overhead | 16 | 1,600,000 | 18 | 1,800,000 | |
Common Fixed Cost | 15 | 1,500,000 | 10 | 1,000,000 | |
Net Profit | 2,000,000 | 1,200,000 |
3.
Cane to produce and sell 80000 alpha +10000 additional alphas @ $80 per unit | |||
Sales of 80000 units | 9,600,000 | ||
Sales of 10000 units | 800,000 | ||
Variable Cost | 6,210,000 | ||
Contribution Margin | 4,190,000 | ||
Fixed Cost (16*90000+1500000) | 2,940,000 | ||
Net Profit | 1,250,000 | ||
Incremental Profit ($2000000-$1090000) | (750,000) WRONG Answer |
4.
Cane to produce and sell 90000 Betas +5000 additional betas @ $39 per unit | |||
Sales of 90000 units | 7,200,000 | ||
Sales of 5000 units | 195,000 | ||
Variable Cost | 3,800,000 | ||
Contribution Margin | 3,595,000 | ||
Fixed Cost (18*95000+1000000) | 2,710,000 | ||
Net Profit | 885,000 | ||
Incremental Profit ($1200000-$885000) | (315,000) WRONGS ANSWER |
5.
Cane expects to produce and sold 95000 units: Special order for 10000 units @ $ 80 | ||||
Incremental Profit if order is accepted | ||||
If order of 10000 units accepted Cane has to forego regular sales of 5000 units | ||||
Contribution from special order (10000*(80-69) | 110,000 | |||
contribution from regular order 90000*(120-69) | 4,590,000 | |||
Total Contribution | 4,700,000 | |||
Less Fixed Cost | 2,940,000 | |||
Net Profit | 1,760,000 | |||
Incremental Profit (1760000-2000000) | (240,000) WRONG ANSWER |
6.
Cane normally produces 90000 units of Beta if product line is discontinued | |||
Profit of Alpha | 2,000,000 | ||
Less Fixed Cost of Beta (unavoidable) | 1,000,000 | ||
Net Profit | 1,000,000 | ||
Existing Profit (2000000+1200000 | 3,200,000 | ||
Incremental Profit | (2,200,000) WRONG ANSWER |
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