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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 Alpha $35 Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead Variable selling expenses Common fixed expenses Total cost per unit 48 27 35 32 35 $212 Beta $ 15 23 25 38 28 30 $159 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 4. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 110.000 Betas during the current year. One of Cane's sales representatives has found a new customer who is willing to buy 2,000 additional Betas for a price of $83 per unit. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the new customer's order? Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead Variable selling expenses Common fixed expenses Total cost per unit 35 32 35 $212 38 28 30 $159 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, 4. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 110,000 Betas during the current year. One of Cane's sales representatives has found a new customer who is willing to buy 2,000 additional Betas for a price of $83 per unit. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the new customer's order

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