wedding cakes:

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Fixed costs are primarily the depreciation on kitchen equipment such as ovens and mixers. Hampshire expects to retain the equipment. Hampshire can buy the cakes for $$21$

$11.$ Should Hampshire make the cakes or buy them? Why?

$12.$ If Hampshire decides to buy the cakes, what are some qualitative factors that Hampshire should also consider?

$11.$ Should Hampshire make the cakes or buy them? Why? $($For the Difference column, use a minus sign or parentheses only when the cost of outsourcing exceeds the cost of making the cakes in$-$house.$)$

$\backslash$table$[[$Cake costs,Make cakes,Outsource cakes,$\backslash$table$[[$Difference$],[($make$-$outsource$)]]],[$Variable costs:$],[$Direct materials$],[$Direct labor$],[$Variable manufacturing overhead$],[$Purchase cost$],[$Total differential cost of cakes,,,$]]$

Data table

$\backslash$table$[[$Direct materials,$$,625],[$Direct labor,#$,750],[$Variable manufacturing overhead,,$100],[$Fixed manufacturing overhead,$-,1,125],[$Total manufacturing cost,$$,2,600],[$Number of cakes,,$100$