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Watson, Inc., manufactures a variety of heavy equipment. The company is currently manufacturing all of its own component parts. An outside supplier has offered to

  1. Watson, Inc., manufactures a variety of heavy equipment. The company is currently manufacturing all of its own component parts. An outside supplier has offered to sell engines for $205 per unit. To evaluate this offer, Watson, Inc., has gathered the following information relating to its own cost of producing the engine internally:

Per Unit

200 Units per Year

Direct materials

$ 100

$ 20,000

Direct labor

60

12,000

Variable manufacturing overhead

30

6,000

Fixed manufacturing overhead, traceable

10*

2,000

Fixed manufacturing overhead, common, but allocated

25

5,000

Total cost

$225

$45,000

*40% supervisory salaries; 60% depreciation of special equipment (no resale value).

Assuming that the company has no alternative use for the facilities now being used to produce the engine,(Fixed manufacturing overhead, common will be paid anyway), should the outside suppliers offer be accepted? Show all computations. (3pts)

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