Paper Roses Boutique has been approached by the community college to make special polo shirts for the faculty and staff. The college is willing to buy 4,000 polos with its own design for P6.00 each. The company normally sells its shirts for P12.00 each. The company has enough excess capacity to make this order. A breakdown of the costs is as follows:     Direct materials P2.00   Direct labor 0.50   Variable factory overhead 1.50   Fixed factory overhead _2.50   Total cost per unit P6.50 Should Paper Roses Boutique accept the special order made by the college? Show computations, but a formal differential analysis report is not required.

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  1. Paper Roses Boutique has been approached by the community college to make special polo shirts for the faculty and staff. The college is willing to buy 4,000 polos with its own design for P6.00 each. The company normally sells its shirts for P12.00 each. The company has enough excess capacity to make this order. A breakdown of the costs is as follows:

 

 

Direct materials

P2.00

 

Direct labor

0.50

 

Variable factory overhead

1.50

 

Fixed factory overhead

_2.50

 

Total cost per unit

P6.50


Should Paper Roses Boutique accept the special order made by the college? Show computations, but a formal differential analysis report is not required. 

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