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[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.) Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $120 and $80, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $6 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 100,000 units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity are given below: Alpha $ 30 Beta $12 Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead Variable selling expenses Common fixed expenses Total cost per unit $100 The company considers its traceable fixed manufacturing overhead to be avoidable, whereas its common fixed expenses are unavoidable and have been allocated to products based on sales dollars. Foundational 11-1 Required: 1. What is the total amount of traceable fixed manufacturing overhead for each of the two products? Alpha Bota Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead

Answer 1

	Alpha	Beta
Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead	$1,600,000 (100,000*$16)	$1,800,000 (100,000*$18)