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Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $150 and $110, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $5 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 108,000 units of each product. Its unit costs for each product at this level of activity are given below:Alpha - Beta
Direct materials - $30 - $15
Direct labor - 26 - 22
Variable manufacturing overhead - 13 - 11
Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead - 22 - 24
Variable selling expenses - 18 - 14
Common fixed expenses - 21 - 16
Total cost per unit - $130 - $102
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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Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 96,000 Betas during the current year. One of Cane’s sales representatives has found a new customer that is willing to buy 2,000 additional Betas for a price of $45 per unit. If Cane accepts the customer’s offer, how much will its profits increase or decrease?

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