Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $125 and $85, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $6 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 101,000 units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity are given below:

Alpha Beta

Direct materials $ 30 $12

Direct labor 21 20

Variable manufacturing overhead 8 6

Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead 17 19

Variable selling expenses 13 9

Common fixed expenses 16 11

Total cost per unit $105 $77

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.

Questions:

15. Assume that Canes customers would buy a maximum of 81,000 units of Alpha and 61,000 units of Beta. Also assume that the companys raw material available for production is limited to 161,000 pounds. If Cane uses its 161,000 pounds of raw materials, up to how much should it be willing to pay per pound for additional raw materials? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)