X Company currently makes a part and is considering buying it next year from a company that has offered to supply it for $17.29 per unit. This year, total costs to produce 69,000 units were:

Direct materials $489,900

Direct labor 338,100

Variable overhead 303,600

Fixed overhead 310,500

If X Company buys the part, $276,345 of the fixed overhead is unavoidable. The resources that will become idle if they choose to buy the part can be used to increase production of another product, resulting in additional total contribution margin of $15,000.

The marketing manager estimates that demand next year will increase to 73,600 units. If X Company continues to make the part instead of buying it, it will save