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Spikes Company Manufactures 5,000 High-End Racing Bicycles Each Period If the Bicycle Seats Are Purchased from the Outside Supplier

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Spikes Company manufactures 5,000 high-end racing bicycles each period.Spikes has been making all the components for the bikes, but a supplier has approached Spikes with an offer to sell her bicycle seats at a price of $40.The cost per unit of manufacturing one bicycle seat is computed as follows:  Direct Material $10 Direct Labor $18 Manufacturing overhead (100% fixed)  $10\begin{array} { l r } \text { Direct Material } & \$ 10 \\\text { Direct Labor } & \$ 18 \\\begin{array} { l } \text { Manufacturing overhead } \\( 100 \% \text { fixed) }\end{array} & \$ 10\end{array} If the bicycle seats are purchased from the outside supplier, $1 per unit of the fixed manufacturing overhead costs can be avoided.If Spikes purchases the seats, the facility used to manufacture the seats would be rented for $20,000 per period.If Spikes chooses to purchase the bicycle seats, then the change in annual net operating income is an:


A) $35,000 decrease.
B) $35,000 increase.
C) $5,000 decrease.
D) $5,000 increase.
E) $10,000 increase.

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