Ironwood Company manufactures a variety of sunglasses. Production information for its most popular line, the Clear Vista (CV), follows:    Per Unit Sales price $ 51.50 Direct materials   20.00 Direct labor   10.00 Variable manufacturing overhead   6.00 Fixed manufacturing overhead   5.00 Total manufacturing cost $ 41.00   Suppose that Ironwood has been approached about producing a special order for 2,800 units of custom CV sunglasses for a new semiprofessional volleyball league. All units in the special order would be produced in the league’s signature colors with a specially designed logo emblem attached to the side of the glasses. The league has offered to pay $49.00 per unit in the special order. Additional costs for the special order total $3.00 per unit for mixing the special frame color and purchasing the emblem with the league’s logo that will be attached to the glasses.Required:1. Assume Ironwood has the idle capacity necessary to accommodate the special order. Calculate the additional contribution margin Ironwood would make by accepting the special order. 2-a. Calculate the current contribution margin per unit.

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Ironwood Company manufactures a variety of sunglasses. Production information for its most popular line, the Clear Vista (CV), follows:
 

  Per Unit
Sales price $ 51.50
Direct materials   20.00
Direct labor   10.00
Variable manufacturing overhead   6.00
Fixed manufacturing overhead   5.00
Total manufacturing cost $ 41.00
 


Suppose that Ironwood has been approached about producing a special order for 2,800 units of custom CV sunglasses for a new semiprofessional volleyball league. All units in the special order would be produced in the league’s signature colors with a specially designed logo emblem attached to the side of the glasses. The league has offered to pay $49.00 per unit in the special order. Additional costs for the special order total $3.00 per unit for mixing the special frame color and purchasing the emblem with the league’s logo that will be attached to the glasses.

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Assume Ironwood has the idle capacity necessary to accommodate the special order. Calculate the additional contribution margin Ironwood would make by accepting the special order.

2-a. Calculate the current contribution margin per unit.

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