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Iwasaki Inc. is considering whether to continue to make acomponent or to buy it from an outside supplier. The company uses13,900 of the components each year. The unit product cost of thecomponent according to the company's cost accounting system isgiven as follows:

Directmaterials $ 9.70
Direct labor 6.70
Variablemanufacturing overhead 2.50
Fixed manufacturingoverhead

4.50

Unit productcost

$23.40

Assume that direct labor is a variable cost. Of the fixedmanufacturing overhead, 30% is avoidable if the component werebought from the outside supplier. In addition, making the componentuses 2 minutes on the machine that is the company's currentconstraint. If the component were bought, this machine time wouldbe freed up for use on another product that requires 4 minutes onthis machine and that has a contribution margin of $6.10 perunit.

When deciding whether to make or buy the component, what cost ofmaking the component should be compared to the price of buying thecomponent? (Round your intermediate calculations and finalanswer to 2 decimal places.)

A $26.45

B $23.95

C $20.25

D $23.30

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