Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $120 and $80, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $6 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 100,000 units of each product. Its unit costs for each product at this level of activity are given below:
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Alpha |
Beta |
| Direct materials |
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$ |
30 |
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|
$ |
12 |
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| Direct labor |
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|
20 |
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|
|
15 |
|
| Variable manufacturing overhead |
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|
7 |
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|
5 |
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| Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead |
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
| Variable selling expenses |
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|
12 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
| Common fixed expenses |
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|
15 |
|
|
|
10 |
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| Total cost per unit |
|
$ |
100 |
|
|
$ |
68 |
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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.
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How many pounds of raw material are needed to make one unit of Alpha and one unit of Beta?
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Alpha |
Beta |
| Pounds of raw materials per unit |
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