Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $170 and $130, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $6 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 116,000 units of each product. Its unit costs for each product at this level of activity are given below:

	Alpha				Beta
Direct materials		$	30			$	18
Direct labor			30				25
Variable manufacturing overhead			20				15
Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead			26				28
Variable selling expenses			22				18
Common fixed expenses			25				20
Total cost per unit		$	153			$	124

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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Assume that Cane normally produces and sells 100,000 Betas per year. If Cane discontinues the Beta product line, how much will profits increase or decrease? (Input the amount as positive value.)

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