Question

Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $135 and $95, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $6 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 105,000 units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity are given below:
Alpha Beta
 Direct materials 30 18
 Direct labor 23 16
 Variable manufacturing overhead 10 8
 Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead 19 21
 Variable selling expenses 15 11
 Common fixed expenses 18 13

 Total cost per unit 115 87

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:

a. What is the total amount of traceable fixed manufacturing overhead for the Alpha product line and for the Beta product line?
b. What is the company’s total amount of common fixed expenses?
c. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 83,000 Alphas during the current year. One of Cane's sales representatives has found a new customer that is willing to buy 13,000 additional Alphas for a price of $92 per unit. If Cane accepts the customer’s offer, how much will its profits increase or decrease?
d. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 93,000 Betas during the current year. One of Cane’s sales representatives has found a new customer that is willing to buy 4,000 additional Betas for a price of $42 per unit. If Cane accepts the customer’s offer, how much will its profits increase or decrease?

Answer 1

Answer:

CANE COMPANY

a. total amount of traceable fixed manufacturing overhead

Alpha  =  $19*105,000   = $1,995,000

Beta  = $21*105,000   =   $2,205,000

b.  Company's total amount of common fixed expenses =

Aplha  = $18*105,000 =     $1,890,000

Beta   = $13* 105,000 =     $1,365,000

Total                           =    $3,255,000

c.  Increase in profit as result of accepting the offer = additional contribution * additional unit sold

                        = $14*13,000

                            = $182,000

additional contribution =$92 - (30 + 23 + 10 + 15)

d.  Decrease in profit = loss of contribution * unit sold

                                     = -13 *4000

                                     = ($52,000)

   loss of contribution  =  42 -( 18+ 16 +8+13)

Explanation: