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:

alpha beta
direct materials $ 30 $ 12
direct labor 20 15
variable manufacturing overhead 7 5
traceable fixed manufacturing overhead 16 18
variable selling expenses 12 8
common fixed expenses 15 10
total cost per unit $ 100 $ 68

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- assume that cane normally produces and sells 90,000 betas per year. if cane discontinues the beta product line, how much will profits increase or decrease? (input the amount as positive value.)

2- assume that cane normally produces and sells 40,000 betas per year. if cane discontinues the beta product line, how much will profits increase or decrease? (input the amount as positive value.)

3- assume that cane normally produces and sells 60,000 betas and 80,000 alphas per year. if cane discontinues the beta product line, its sales representatives could increase sales of alpha by 15,000 units. if cane discontinues the beta product line, how much would profits increase or decrease? (input the amount as positive value.)

4- assume that cane expects to produce and sell 80,000 alphas during the current year. a supplier has
offered to manufacture and deliver 80,000 alphas to cane for a price of $80 per unit. if cane buys 80,000 units from the supplier instead of making those units, how much will profits increase or decrease? (input the amount as positive value.)