Paver produces a hard disk drive that sells for $178 per unit. The cost of producing...

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Paver produces a hard disk drive that sells for $178 per unit. The cost of producing 25,000 drives in the prior year was: Direct material Direct labor Variable overhead Fixed overhead Total cost S 725,000 450,000 200,000 1,475,000 $ 2,850,000 At the start of the current year, the company received an order for 2,830 drives from a computer company in China. Management of Paver has mixed feelings about the order. On one hand, they welcome the order because they currently have excess capacity. Also, this is the company's first international order. On the other hand, the company in China is willing to pay only $124 per unit. What will be the effect on profit of accepting the order? (Enter decrease in profit using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).) Profit will select between increase and decrease by Senter a dollar amount Paver produces a hard disk drive that sells for $178 per unit. The cost of producing 25,000 drives in the prior year was: Direct material Direct labor Variable overhead Fixed overhead Total cost S 725,000 450,000 200,000 1,475,000 $ 2,850,000 At the start of the current year, the company received an order for 2,830 drives from a computer company in China. Management of Paver has mixed feelings about the order. On one hand, they welcome the order because they currently have excess capacity. Also, this is the company's first international order. On the other hand, the company in China is willing to pay only $124 per unit. What will be the effect on profit of accepting the order? (Enter decrease in profit using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).) Profit will select between increase and decrease by Senter a dollar amount

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