Zeus Company, a manufacturer of snowmobiles, is operating at 70% of plant capacity. Its plant manager is considering making the headlights now being purchased from an outside supplier for $13.60 each. The plant has idle equipment that could be used to manufacture the headlights. The design engineer estimates that each headlight requires $4.65 of direct materials, $3.65 of direct labor, and $6.65 of manufacturing overhead. Forty percent of the manufacturing overhead is a fixed cost that would be unaffected by this decision. A decision by the Company to manufacture the headlights should result in a net gain (loss) for each headlight of: $3.26. $(1.35). $2.64. $1.31.

Zeus Company, a manufacturer of snowmobiles, is operating at 70% of plant capacity. Its plant manager is considering making the headlights now being purchased from an outside supplier for $13.60 each. The plant has idle equipment that could be used to manufacture the headlights. The design engineer estimates that each headlight requires $4.65 of direct materials, $3.65 of direct labor, and $6.65 of manufacturing overhead. Forty percent of the manufacturing overhead is a fixed cost that would be unaffected by this decision. A decision by the Company to manufacture the headlights should result in a net gain (loss) for each headlight of: $3.26. $(1.35). $2.64. $1.31.

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