Exercise 10-3 Make or Buy a Component [LO10-3 Troy Engines, Ltd, manufactures a variety of engines for use in heavy equipment. The company has always produced all of the necessary parts for its engines, including all of the carburetors. An outside supplier has offered to sell one type of carburetor to Troy Engines, Ltd., for a cost of $35 per unit. To evaluate this offer, Troy Engines, Ltd., has gathered the following information relating to its own cost of producing the carburetor internally 15,000 Per Units Unit Per Year Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead, traceable 14 $210,000 10 150,000 3 45,000 6 90,000 9 135,000 Fixed manufacturing overhead, allocated Total cost s 42 $630,000 One-third supervisory salaries; two-thirds depreciation of special equipment (no resale value). Required 1a. Assuming that the company has no altenative use for the faciliies that are now being used to produce the carburetors, compute the total cost of making and buying the parts Total relevant cost (15,000 units) 1b. Should the outside supplier's offer be accepted? O Accept O Reject 2a. Suppose that if the carburetors were purchased, Troy Engines, Ltd, could use the freed capacity to launch a new product. The segment margin of the new product would be $150,000 per year. Compute the total cost of making and buying the parts Total relevant cost (15,000 units) 2b. Should Troy Engines, Ltd., accept the offer to buy the carburetors for $35 per unit? Accept