! Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $240 and $162, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $5 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 131,000 units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity is given below: Direct materials Alpha $ 35 Beta $ 15 Direct labor 48 23 Variable manufacturing overhead 27 25 Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead 35 38 Variable selling expenses 32 28 Common fixed expenses 35 30 Total cost per unit $ 212 $ 159 The company's traceable fixed manufacturing overhead is avoidable, whereas its common fixed expenses are unavoidable and have been allocated to products based on sales dollars. 8. Assume Cane normally produces and sells 80,000 Betas and 100,000 Alphas per year. If Cane discontinues the Beta product line, its sales representatives could increase sales of Alpha by 13,000 units. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Beta product line?