Munoz Company makes and sells lawn mowers for which it currently makes the engines. It has an opportunity to purchase the engines from a reliable manufacturer. The annual costs of making the engines are shown here.

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Munoz Company makes and sells lawn mowers for which it currently makes the engines. It has an opportunity to purchase the engines from a reliable manufacturer. The annual costs of making the engines are shown here.
 

 
Cost of materials (13,100 Units × $19) $ 248,900  
Labor (13,100 Units × $12)   157,200  
Depreciation on manufacturing equipment*   25,000  
Salary of supervisor of engine production   69,000  
Rental cost of equipment used to make engines   27,000  
Allocated portion of corporate-level facility-sustaining costs   82,000  
Total cost to make 13,100 engines $ 609,100  
 

*The equipment has a book value of $108,000 but its market value is zero.

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  1. Determine the maximum price per unit that Munoz would be willing to pay for the engines.

  2. Determine the maximum price per unit that Munoz would be willing to pay for the engines, if production increased to 18,650 units.

(For all requirements, Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

 

 
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