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Truball Incorporated which manufactures sports equipment, consists of several operating divisions. Division A has decided to go outside the company to buy materials because division B plans to increase its selling price for the same materials to $$200.$ Information for division A and division B follows:

Outside price for materials $$150$

Division A$$s annual purchases $10,000$ units

Division B$$s variable costs per unit $$140$

Division B$$s fixed costs, per year $ $1,250,000$

Division B$$s capacity utilization $100\%$

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$1-$a$.$ Assume that division B can sell $10,000$ units outside the company for $$215$ per unit with variable marketing costs of $$10.$ What will be the net benefit$/$cost to the firm as a whole if Division B sells outside? $($Enter all the amounts as positive value.$)$