U-RIDE, Inc. currently produces the electric engines that are used in golf carts made and sold by the Company. Electco has offered to sell the electric engines to U-RIDE at a price of $207 each.   Current production information follows:   Unit-level material and labor $ 180   Facility-level depreciation of manufacturing equip. $ 5,100 /month Product-level engine production supervisor's salary $ 2,100 /month Annual facility-level utilities $ 15,500       U-RIDE is currently operating profitably producing and selling 2,100 engines a year using 80% of its manufacturing capacity. Which of the following is true?   Multiple Choice   U-RIDE should make the engines for cost savings of $27 per unit.   Buying the units would increase U-RIDE's cost by $15 per unit.   U-RIDE has avoidable costs of greater than $207 per unit and should therefore buy the engines.   Buying the units would increase profitability by $42 per unit.

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U-RIDE, Inc. currently produces the electric engines that are used in golf carts made and sold by the Company. Electco has offered to sell the electric engines to U-RIDE at a price of $207 each.

 

Current production information follows:

 
Unit-level material and labor $ 180  
Facility-level depreciation of manufacturing equip. $ 5,100 /month
Product-level engine production supervisor's salary $ 2,100 /month
Annual facility-level utilities $ 15,500  
 

 

U-RIDE is currently operating profitably producing and selling 2,100 engines a year using 80% of its manufacturing capacity. Which of the following is true?

 

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    U-RIDE should make the engines for cost savings of $27 per unit.

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    Buying the units would increase U-RIDE's cost by $15 per unit.

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    U-RIDE has avoidable costs of greater than $207 per unit and should therefore buy the engines.

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    Buying the units would increase profitability by $42 per unit.

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