Burns Industries currently manufactures and sells 23,000 power saws per month, although it has the capacity to produce 38,000 units per month. At the 23,000-unit-per-month level of production, the per-unit cost is $71, consisting of $43 in variable costs and $28 in fixed costs. Burns sells its saws to retail stores for $83 each. Allen Distributors has offered to purchase 5,300 saws per month at a reduced price. Burns can manufacture these additional units with no change in its present level of fixed manufacturing costs.
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Assume that Allen Distributors offers to purchase the additional 5,300 saws at a price of $50 per unit. If Burns accepts this price, Burns' monthly gross profit on sales of power saws will:
Increase by $265,000.
Decrease by $174,900.
Increase by $37,100.
Decrease by $111,300.
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Using an incremental analysis approach, Burns should consider accepting this special order only if the price per unit offered by Allen is at least:
$28.
$71.
$83.
$43.
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Burns decides to accept the special order for 5,300 units from Allen at a unit sales price that will add $106,000 per month to its operating income. The unit price Burns charging Allen is:
$43.
$63.
$71.
$83.
