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One Kings Lane Corporation Manufactures a Single Product with the Following

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One Kings Lane Corporation manufactures a single product with the following unit costs for 10,000 units:

 Direct materials $75 Direct labour 40 Factory overhead (40% variable) 90 Selling expenses (60% variable) 30 Administrative expenses (20% variable) 15 Total per unit $225\begin{array}{lr}\text { Direct materials } & \$ 75 \\\text { Direct labour } & 40 \\\text { Factory overhead (40\% variable) } & 90 \\\text { Selling expenses (60\% variable) } & 30 \\\text { Administrative expenses (20\% variable) } & 15 \\\text { Total per unit } & \$ 225\end{array}
Recently,a company approached One Kings Lane Corporation about buying 2,000 units for $250.Currently,the models are sold to dealers for $450.One Kings Lane's capacity is sufficient to produce the extra 3,000 units.No additional selling expenses would be incurred on the special order.
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A. What is the profit earned by One Kings Lane on the original 10,000 units?
B. Should One Kings Lane accept the special order if its goal is to maximize short-run profits? How much will income be affected?
C. Determine the minimum price One Kings Lane would want to receive in order to increase profits by $7,500 on the special order.
D. When making a special order decision, what qualitative aspects of the decision should One Kings Lane Corporation consider?

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