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Manama Inc. is now producing TVs. The company’s accounting department reports the following costs of producing 100,000 units of the TVs each year: Direct Materials       $4 Direct Labor             $2 Variable Overhead $2 Fixed cost                 $ 3.5 An outside supplier offered to sell 100,000 units to Manama Company at a price of only $10 each. Required: Should the company stop producing the TVs internally or buy them from the outside supplier?

Manama Inc. is now producing TVs. The company’s accounting department reports the following costs of producing 100,000 units of the TVs each year: Direct Materials       $4 Direct Labor             $2 Variable Overhead $2 Fixed cost                 $ 3.5 An outside supplier offered to sell 100,000 units to Manama Company at a price of only $10 each. Required: Should the company stop producing the TVs internally or buy them from the outside supplier?

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Manama Inc. is now producing TVs. The company’s accounting department reports the following costs of producing 100,000 units of the TVs each year:

Direct Materials       $4

Direct Labor             $2

Variable Overhead $2

Fixed cost                 $ 3.5

An outside supplier offered to sell 100,000 units to Manama Company at a price of only $10 each.

Required: Should the company stop producing the TVs internally or buy them from the outside supplier?

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