Given the following data for Handle Division:    Selling price to outside customers $ 185   Variable cost per unit   100   Fixed cost per unit (based on capacity)   40   Capacity (in units)   60,000     The Cabinet Division would like to purchase 11,000 units from the Handle Division at a price of $160 per unit. Handle Division has no excess capacity to handle the Cabinet Division's requirements. The Cabinet Division currently purchases from an outside supplier at a price of $175. If the Handle Division accepts a $160 price internally, the company, as a whole, will be better or worse off by:   Multiple Choice   $275,000   $165,000   $825,000   $(110,000)

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Given the following data for Handle Division:
 

 
Selling price to outside customers $ 185  
Variable cost per unit   100  
Fixed cost per unit (based on capacity)   40  
Capacity (in units)   60,000  
 


The Cabinet Division would like to purchase 11,000 units from the Handle Division at a price of $160 per unit. Handle Division has no excess capacity to handle the Cabinet Division's requirements. The Cabinet Division currently purchases from an outside supplier at a price of $175. If the Handle Division accepts a $160 price internally, the company, as a whole, will be better or worse off by:

 

Multiple Choice
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    $275,000

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    $165,000

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    $825,000

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    $(110,000)

 
 
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