Talboe Company makes wheels which it uses in the production of children\'s wagon
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Question
Talboe Company makes wheels which it uses in the production of children's wagons. Talboe's costs to produce 200,000 wheels annually are as follows: An outside supplier has offered to sell Talboe similar wheels for $0.80 per wheel. If the wheels are purchased from the outside supplier, $25,000 of annual fixed manufacturing overhead would be avoided and the facilities now being used to make the wheels would be rented to another company for $55,000 per year. If Talboe chooses to buy the wheel from the outside supplier, then the change in annual net operating income is a: A) $5,000 decrease B) $50,000 increase C) $70,000 increase D) $40,000 increaseExplanation / Answer
C) $70,000 increase