O Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.) Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $210 and $172, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $8 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 128,000 units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity are given below: Alpha Direct materials $40 $ 24 Direct labor 38 34 Variable manufacturing overhead Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead 33 Variable selling expenses Common fixed expenses Total cost per unit Beta 25 23 30 33 $199 26 28 $171 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. 7. Assume that Cane normally produces and sells 58.000 Betas per year. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Beta product line