An Outside Supplier Has Offered to Sell the Company All

question 16

Multiple Choice

An outside supplier has offered to sell the company all of these parts it needs for $46.20 a unit. If the company accepts this offer, the facilities now being used to make the part could be used to make more units of a product that is in high demand. The additional contribution margin on this other product would be $264,000 per year.
If the part were purchased from the outside supplier, all of the direct labor cost of the part would be avoided. However, $21.90 of the fixed manufacturing overhead cost being applied to the part would continue even if the part were purchased from the outside supplier. This fixed manufacturing overhead cost would be applied to the company's remaining products.

-What is the maximum amount the company should be willing to pay an outside supplier per unit for the part if the supplier commits to supplying all 40,000 units required each year?

• A)$6.60 per unit
• B)$44.60 per unit
• C)$59.90 per unit
• D)$66.50 per unit

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Definitions:

Spermatogonium

A type of germ cell in the testes that undergoes mitosis to maintain its population and meiosis to produce sperm.

Haploid Cells

Cells that contain a single set of chromosomes, typical of gametes (sperm and egg cells), allowing for sexual reproduction.

Spermatogenesis

The process of sperm cell development, occurring within the male gonads or testes.

Spermatozoa

Male reproductive cells or sperm, capable of fertilizing an egg in sexual reproduction.