Question 21Fox Company has just received an unexpected order from a customer for 1,000 units of a new product. The product will have total variable costs of $15.00per unit. Fox Company will have to rent a machine for $10,000, pay overtime amounting to $5,000 to a supervisor to handle this order, and fixed packagingand shipping costs of $2,000 for this order.The minimum (floor) price per unit that Fox Company should charge for this order is:Select one:a. $15b. $30c. $32d. $25

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