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 unit costs 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 deemed unavoidable and have been allocated to products based on sales dollars.
Required:
1. What is the total amount of traceable fixed manufacturing overhead for the Alpha product line and for the Beta product line?
2. What is the company’s total amount of common fixed expenses?
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 that is willing to buy 15,000 additional Alphas for a price of $100 per unit. If Cane accepts the customer’s offer, how much will its profits increase or decrease?
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 that is willing to buy 5,000 additional Betas for a price of $44 per unit. If Cane accepts the customer’s offer, how much will its profits increase or decrease?
