[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $240 and $162, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $5 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 131,000 units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity is given below: Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead Variable selling expenses Common fixed expenses Total cost per unit Alpha $ 35 48 27 25 35 38 32 28 35 30 $ 212 $ 159 Beta $ 15 23 The company's traceable fixed manufacturing overhead is avoidable, whereas its common fixed expenses are unavoidable and have been allocated to products based on sales dollars. How many pounds of raw material are needed to make one unit of each of the two products?
[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $240 and $162, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $5 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 131,000 units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity is given below: Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead Variable selling expenses Common fixed expenses Total cost per unit Alpha $ 35 48 27 25 35 38 32 28 35 30 $ 212 $ 159 Beta $ 15 23 The company's traceable fixed manufacturing overhead is avoidable, whereas its common fixed expenses are unavoidable and have been allocated to products based on sales dollars. How many pounds of raw material are needed to make one unit of each of the two products?
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[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.]
Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $240 and $162, respectively. Each product
uses only one type of raw material that costs $5 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 131,000
units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity is given below:
Direct materials.
Direct labor
Variable manufacturing overhead
Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead
Variable selling expenses
Common fixed expenses
Total cost per unit
Alpha
$ 35
Pounds of raw materials per unit
48
27
35
Alpha
32
35
$ 212
The company's traceable fixed manufacturing overhead is avoidable, whereas its common fixed expenses are
unavoidable and have been allocated to products based on sales dollars.
Betal
$ 15
23
11. How many pounds of raw material are needed to make one unit of each of the two products?
25
38
28
30
$ 159
Beta](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F66ba8078-8c12-4abf-bf2c-00332d3ac0d8%2Ffbe408ec-be02-4708-a17d-7994bba91179%2Fw0qtuvp_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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Required information
[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.]
Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $240 and $162, respectively. Each product
uses only one type of raw material that costs $5 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 131,000
units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity is given below:
Direct materials.
Direct labor
Variable manufacturing overhead
Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead
Variable selling expenses
Common fixed expenses
Total cost per unit
Alpha
$ 35
Pounds of raw materials per unit
48
27
35
Alpha
32
35
$ 212
The company's traceable fixed manufacturing overhead is avoidable, whereas its common fixed expenses are
unavoidable and have been allocated to products based on sales dollars.
Betal
$ 15
23
11. How many pounds of raw material are needed to make one unit of each of the two products?
25
38
28
30
$ 159
Beta
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