of 15 ook rint rences Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $185 and $150, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $8 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 119,000 units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity are given below: Direct materials Alpha $ 40 Beta $ 24 Direct labor 33 28 Variable manufacturing overhead 20 18 Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead 28 31 Variable selling expenses 25 21 Common fixed expenses 28 23 Total cost per unit $ 174 $ 145 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. Foundational 11-5 (Algo) 5. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 108,000 Alphas during the current year. One of Cane's sales representatives has found a new customer who is willing to buy 23,000 additional Alphas for a price of $132 per unit; however pursuing this opportunity will decrease Alpha sales to regular customers by 12,000 units. a. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the new customer's order? b. Based on your calculations above should the special order be accepted?