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Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $170

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Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $170 and $130, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $6 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 116,000 units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity is given below. Direct materials Alpha $30 Betal $ 18 Direct labor 30 25 Variable manufacturing overhead 20 15 Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead 26 28 Variable selling expenses 22 18 Common fixed expenses 25 20 $ 153 $ 124 Total cost per unit 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. 9. Assume Cane expects to produce and sell 90,000 Alphas during the current year. A supplier offered to manufacture and deliver 90,000 Alphas to Cane for a price of $120 per unit. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of buying 90,000 units from the supplier instead of making those units?

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