Our company can produce a product that incurs the following costs per unit: direct materials, $10; direct labor, $24, and overhead, $16. An outside supplier has offered to sell the product to us for $45. If the company buys from the supplier, it will still incur 45% of its overhead cost. Compute the net incremental cost or savings of buying.Group of answer choices$4.00 savings per unit.$4.00 cost per unit.$2.20 cost per unit.$3.80 cost per unit.$2.20 savings per unit.
Question
Our company can produce a product that incurs the following costs per unit: direct materials, 24, and overhead, 45. If the company buys from the supplier, it will still incur 45% of its overhead cost. Compute the net incremental cost or savings of buying.Group of answer choices4.00 cost per unit.3.80 cost per unit.$2.20 savings per unit.
Solution
First, let's calculate the total cost per unit if the company produces the product itself:
Direct materials: 24 Overhead: 10 + 16 = $50
Next, let's calculate the cost per unit if the company buys the product from the supplier:
Cost from supplier: 16 = 45 + 52.20
The net incremental cost or savings of buying is the difference between the cost per unit from the supplier and the cost per unit of producing it in-house:
50 (cost if produced in-house) = $2.20
Therefore, buying from the supplier would result in a $2.20 cost per unit.
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