Management Accounting) Bonneville Company is producing a subassembly used in the production of a product. The costs incurred for the subassembly follow:                                                                               Per Unit Direct materials

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Bonneville Company is producing a subassembly used in the production of a product. The costs incurred for the subassembly follow:

 

                                                                            Per Unit

Direct materials                                                       $6.00

Direct labor                                                                4.00

Variable factory overhead                                         1.00

Fixed supervisor salary                                             3.00

Depreciation expense on factory equipment             2.00

General fixed factory overhead allocated                 5.00

Total costs                                                             $21.00

 

The above per unit costs are based on 8,000 units. An outside supplier will provide 8,000 subassemblies for $19 per unit. The supervisor will be terminated if the subassemblies are not produced in house. The idle factory will be used to manufacture another product with a contribution margin of $60,000. What should Bonneville do?

  1. A) make the subassemblies and save $20,000
  2. B) make the subassemblies and save $40,000
  3. C) buy the subassemblies and save $20,000
  4. D) buy the subassemblies and save $40,000
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