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Troy Engines, Limited, manufactures a variety of engines for use in heavy equipment. The company has olways 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, Limited, for a cost of $35 per unit. To evaluate this offer. Troy Engines, Limited, has gathered the following informiation relating to its own cost of producing the carburetor internally. e). Required: 1. Assuming the company has no alternative use for the facilities that are now being used to produce the carburetors, what would be the financial advantage (disadvantage) of buying 16,000 carburetors from the outside supplier? 2 Should the outside supplier's offer be accepted? 3. Suppose that if the carburetors were purchased. Troy Engines. Limited, could use the freed capacity to launch a new product. The segment margin of the new product would be $160,000 per year. Given this new assumption, what would be the financial advantage (disadvantage) of buying 16,000 carburetors from the outside supplier? 4. Given the new assumption in requirement 3 , should the outside supplier's offer be accepted? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Assuming the company has no aiternative use for the faclities that are now being used to produce the carburetors, what would be the financial advantage (disadvantage) of buying 16,000 carburetors from the outside supplier? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs be Should the outside supplier's offer be accepted? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Suppose that if the carburetors were purchased, Troy Engines, Limited, could The segment margin of the new product would be $160,000 per year. Given advantage (disadvantage) of buying 16,000 carburetors from the outside sup 4. Given the new assumption in requirement 3 , should the outside su Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs be Given the new assumption in requirement 3 , should the outside supplie