Sprint Company Makes Special Equipment Used in Cell Towers A Foreign Company Has Offered to Buy 80 Units for Unit

Sprint Company makes special equipment used in cell towers. Each unit sells for $400. Sprint produces and sells 12,500 units per year. They have provided the following income statement data:
$\begin{array} { l r l r } { \text { Traditional Costing } } &&{ \text { Contribution Margin } } \\\text { Revenue } & \$ 5,000,000 & \text { Revenue } & \$ 5,000,000 \\\text { Cost of goods sold } & \underline { 3,000,000 } & \text { Variable Expenses } & \\\text { Gross Profit } & 2,000,000 & \text { Manufacturing } & 1,000,000 \\\text { Selling \& admin expenses } & \underline { 650,000 } & \text { Selling \& admin } & \underline { 400,000 } \\& & \text { Contribution Margin } & 3,600,000 \\& & \text { Fixed Expenses } & \\& & \text { Manufacturing } & 2,000,000 \\& & \text { Selling \& admin } & \underline { 250,000 } \\\text { Operating income } & \underline { \$ 1,350,000 } & \text { Operating income } & \underline { \$ 1,350,000 } \\\hline\end{array}$
A foreign company has offered to buy 80 units for a reduced price of $300 per unit. The marketing manager says the sale will not negatively affect the company's regular sales. The sales manager says that this sale will require incremental selling & administrative costs, as it is a one-time deal. The production manager reports that there is plenty of excess capacity to accommodate the deal without requiring any additional fixed costs. If Sprint accepts the deal, how will this impact operating income?

A) up $15,040
B) down $15,040
C) up $24,000
D) down $24,000