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 average cost per unit 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 unavoidable and have been allocated to products based on sales dollars.
Required:1. What is the total amount of traceable fixed manufacturing overhead for the Alpha product line and for the Beta product line?2. What if the company's total amount of common fixed expenses?3. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 80,000 Alphas during the current year. One of Cane's sales representatives has found a new customer that is willing to buy 10,000 additional Alphas for a price of $80 per unit. If Cane accepts the customer's offer, how much will its profits increase or decrease?