Hoopster Inc. manufactures basketballs. The company's fore casted income statement for the year, before any special orders,

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Hoopster Inc. manufactures basketballs. The company's fore casted income statement for the year, before any special orders, is as follows:

Hoopster Inc. manufactures basketballs. The company's fore casted income statement

Fixed costs included in the forecasted income statement are $4,000,000 in manufacturing cost of goods sold and $400,000 in selling expenses.
A new client placed a special order with Hoopster, offering to buy 100,000 basketballs for $6 each. The company will incur no additional selling expenses if it accepts the special order. Assuming that Hoopster has sufficient capacity to manufacture 100,000 more basketballs, by what amount would differential income increase (decrease) as a result of accepting the specialorder?

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Principles of Cost Accounting

ISBN: 978-1133187868

16th edition

Authors: Edward J. Vanderbeck

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