Mighty Safe Fire Alarm is currently buying 50,000 motherboards from MotherBoard, Inc., at a price of $65 per board. Mighty Safe is considering making its own boards. The costs to make the board are as follows: direct materials, $32 per unit; direct labor, $10 per unit; and variable factory overhead, $16 per unit. Fixed costs for the plant would increase by $75,000. Which option should be selected and why?

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The cost to make each board is $32 (materials) + $10 (labor) + $16 (overhead) = $58 per unit. For 50,000 units, the total variable cost is 50,000 * $58 = $2,900,000. Adding the $75,000 fixed costs, the total cost to make the boards is $2,975,000. Buying the boards costs 50,000 * $65 = $3,250,000. Therefore, making the boards saves $3,250,000 - $2,975,000 = $275,000, making option B the correct choice.

Mighty Safe Fire Alarm Is Currently Buying 50,000 Motherboards from MotherBoard