Christian Company manufactures a part for its production cycle. The annual costs per unit for 5,000 units of the part are as follows:                                                             Per Unit Direct materials                                     $3.00 Direct labor                                              5.00 Variable factory overhead                       4.00 Fixed factory overhead                            2.00 Total costs                                           $14.00   The fixed factory overhead costs are unavoidable. Another company has offered to sell 5,000 units of the same part to Christian Company for $15 per unit. The facilities currently used to make the part could be rented out to another manufacturer for $20,000 a year. Christian Company should ________. A) make the part to save $5,000 B) make the part to save $15,000 C) buy the part and rent facilities to save $5,000 D) buy the part and rent facilities to save $15,000

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Christian Company manufactures a part for its production cycle. The annual costs per unit for 5,000 units of the part are as follows:

 

                                                          Per Unit

Direct materials                                     $3.00

Direct labor                                              5.00

Variable factory overhead                       4.00

Fixed factory overhead                            2.00

Total costs                                           $14.00

 

The fixed factory overhead costs are unavoidable. Another company has offered to sell 5,000 units of the same part to Christian Company for $15 per unit. The facilities currently used to make the part could be rented out to another manufacturer for $20,000 a year. Christian Company should ________.

  1. A) make the part to save $5,000
  2. B) make the part to save $15,000
  3. C) buy the part and rent facilities to save $5,000
  4. D) buy the part and rent facilities to save $15,000
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