Murphy Ltd manufactures a product
with a unit variable cost of $100 and a unit sales price of $176. Fixed
manufacturing costs were $480,000 when 10,000 units were produced and sold. The
company has a one-time opportunity to sell an additional 1,000 units at $140 each
in a foreign market which would not affect its present sales.

If the company has sufficient capacity to produce
the additional units, acceptance of the special order would affect net income
as follows:

Question

Murphy Ltd manufactures a product
with a unit variable cost of $100 and a unit sales price of $176. Fixed
manufacturing costs were $480,000 when 10,000 units were produced and sold. The
company has a one-time opportunity to sell an additional 1,000 units at $140 each
in a foreign market which would not affect its present sales. 
 
If the company has sufficient capacity to produce
the additional units, acceptance of the special order would affect net income
as follows:

Answer

Income would increase by
$40,000.

Answer

Income
would decrease by $8,000.

Answer

Income
would increase by $140,000.

Answer

Income
would increase by $8,000.

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