The Foundational $15($Algo$)[$LO$13-2,$ LO$13-3,$ LO$13-4,$ LO$13-5,$ LO$13-6]$

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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 are given below: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.

Foundational $13-9($Algo$)$

$9.$ Assume that Cane exphists to produce and sell $100,000$ Alphas during the current year. A supplier has offered to manufacture and deliver $100,000$ Alphas to Cane for a price of $$160$ per unit. What is the financial advantage $($disadvantage$)$ of buying $100,000$ units from the supplier instead of making those units?