pacity to produce 13,000 units a year. Its normal production is 10,000 units, the costs of which are:         Direct materials $30,000     Direct labour 20,000     Production overhead 40,000       90,000     Administrative and other overheads 10,000       100,000             The normal selling price is $12 per unit. A salesman says that a

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A company’s factory has the capacity to produce 13,000 units a year.
Its normal production is 10,000 units, the costs of which are:
       
Direct materials $30,000    
Direct labour 20,000    
Production overhead 40,000    
  90,000    
Administrative and other overheads 10,000    
  100,000    
       
The normal selling price is $12 per unit. A salesman says that a
foreign buyer will take 2,000 units a year if the price can be cut to
$8.50 per unit. Additional distribution costs would be $0.50 per unit
for these export items. Of the production overhead costs, 25% are
variable and 75% are fixed. All the administrative and other overhead
costs should be taken as fixed.      
       
Required:      
a) Should the company accept the order?    
b) What effect would it have on the normal profits of the  
business?      
       
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