Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $150 and $105, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $5 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 107,000 units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity are given below: Alpha Beta Direct materials $ 30 $ 10 Direct labor 25 20 Variable manufacturing overhead 12 10 Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead 21 23 Variable selling expenses 17 13 Common fixed expenses 20 15 Total cost per unit $ 125 $ 91 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. Required: 1. What is the total amount of traceable fixed manufacturing overhead for each of the two products? Alpha Beta Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead $ 2,247,000 $ 2,461,000 2. What is the company's total amount of common fixed expenses? Total common fixed expenses $ 3,745,000 3. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 85,000 Alphas during the current year. One of Cane's sales representatives has found a new customer who is willing to buy 15,000 additional Alphas for a price of $100 per unit. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the new customer's order? Financial advantage $ 240,000 4. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 95,000 Betas during the current year. One of Cane's sales representatives has found a new customer who is willing to buy 5,000 additional Betas for a price of $44 per unit. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the new customer's order? Financial advantage $ (45,000) 5. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 100,000 Alphas during the current year. One of Cane's sales representatives has found a new customer who is willing to buy 15,000 additional Alphas for a price of $100 per unit; however pursuing this opportunity will decrease Alpha sales to regular customers by 8,000 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?Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req 5A Req 5B Based on your calculations in 5a should the special order be accepted? Yes No 6. Assume that Cane normally produces and sells 95,000 Betas per year. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Beta product line? Financial (disadvantage) $ (2,479,000) 7. Assume that Cane normally produces and sells 45,000 Betas per year. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Beta product line? 8. Assume that Cane normally produces and sells 65,000 Betas and 85,000 Alphas per year. If Cane discontinues the Beta product line, its sales representatives could increase sales of Alpha by 20,000 units. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Beta product line? 9. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 85,000 Alphas during the current year. A supplier has offered to manufacture and deliver 85,000 Alphas to Cane for a price of $100 per unit. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of buying 85,000 units from the supplier instead of making those units? 10. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 55,000 Alphas during the current year. A supplier has offered to manufacture and deliver 55,000 Alphas to Cane for a price of $100 per unit. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of buying 55,000 units from the supplier instead of making those units? 11. How many pounds of raw material are needed to make one unit of each of the two products? Alpha Beta Pounds of raw materials per unit 12. What contribution margin per pound of raw material is earned by each of the two products? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Alpha Beta Contribution margin per pound 13. Assume that Cane's customers would buy a maximum of 85,000 units of Alpha and 65,000 units of Beta. Also assume that the raw material available for production is limited to 166,000 pounds. How many units of each product should Cane produce to maximize its profits? Alpha Beta Units produced 14. Assume that Cane's customers would buy a maximum of 85,000 units of Alpha and 65,000 units of Beta. Also assume that the raw material available for production is limited to 166,000 pounds. What is the total contribution margin Cane Company will earn? Total contribution margin 15. Assume that Cane's customers would buy a maximum of 85,000 units of Alpha and 65,000 units of Beta. Also assume that the company's raw material available for production is limited to 166,000 pounds. If Cane uses its 166,000 pounds of raw materials, up to how much should it be willing to pay per pound for additional raw materials? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Maximum price to be paid per pound