Delta Company produces a single product. The cost of producing and selling a single unit ofthis product at the company’s normal activity level of 60,000 units per year is: 05 Direct materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5.10Direct labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3.80Variable manufacturing overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.00Fixed manufacturing overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4.20Variable selling and administrative expense . . . . . . . . . . . $1.50Fixed selling and administrative expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.40 The normal selling price is $21 per unit. The company’s capacity is 75,000 units per year.An orderhas been received from a mail-order house for 15,000 units at a special price of $14.00 per unit. Thisorder would not affect regular sales.Required:  If the order is accepted, by how much will annual profits be increased ordecreased? (The order will not change the company’s total fixed costs.)

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Delta Company produces a single product. The cost of producing and selling a single unit of
this product at the company’s normal activity level of 60,000 units per year is: 05

Direct materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5.10
Direct labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3.80
Variable manufacturing overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.00
Fixed manufacturing overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4.20
Variable selling and administrative expense . . . . . . . . . . . $1.50
Fixed selling and administrative expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.40

The normal selling price is $21 per unit. The company’s capacity is 75,000 units per year.An order
has been received from a mail-order house for 15,000 units at a special price of $14.00 per unit. This
order would not affect regular sales.
Required:  If the order is accepted, by how much will annual profits be increased or
decreased? (The order will not change the company’s total fixed costs.)

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