Menagerie Products had the following unit costs:   Direct materials $24 Direct labor 10 Variable factory overhead 8 Fixed factory overhead (allocated) 18 ​ A one-time customer has offered to buy 900 units at a special price of $47 per unit. Assuming that sufficient unused production capacity exists to produce the order and no regular customers will be affected by the order, how much additional profit (loss) will be generated from the special order?

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Menagerie Products had the following unit costs:
 
Direct materials

$24

Direct labor

10

Variable factory overhead

8

Fixed factory overhead (allocated)

18

A one-time customer has offered to buy 900 units at a special price of $47 per unit. Assuming that sufficient unused production capacity exists to produce the order and no regular customers will be affected by the order, how much additional profit (loss) will be generated from the special order?

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$12,500 profit
$42,300 profit
$6,000 loss
$4,500 profit
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