Saran Company has contacted Truckel with an offer to sell it 5,000 of the wickets for $36 each. If Truckel makes the wickets, variable costs are $22 per unit. Fixed costs are $16 per unit; however, $10 per unit is unavoidable. Should Truckel make or buy the wickets?

a. Buy; savings = $50,000
b. Buy; savings = $20,000
c. Make; savings = $40,000
d. Make; savings = $20,000

Abel Company produces three versions of baseball bats: wood, aluminum, and hard rubber. A condensed segmented income statement for a recent period follows:

Wood Aluminum Hard Rubber Total
Sales $500,000 $200,000 $ 65,000 $765,000
Variable expenses 325,000 140,000 58,000 523,000
Contribution margin 175,000 60,000 7,000 242,000
Fixed expenses 75,000 35,000 22,000 132,000
Net income (loss) $100,000 $ 25,000 $(15,000) $110,000