The Rets normally sell for $$55$ each. Fixed manufacturing overhead is $$306,000$ per year within the range of $24,000$ through $34,000$ Rets per year.

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Assume due to a recession, Polaski Company expects to sell only $24,000$ Rets through regular channels next year. A large retail chain offered to purchase $10,000$ Rets if Polaski will accept a $16\%$ discount off the regular price. There would be no sales commissions on this order; thus, variable selling expenses would be slashed by $75\%.$ However, Polaski Company would have to purchase a special machine for $$20,000$ to engrave the retail chain$$s name on the $10,000$ units. Polaski Company has no assurance that the retail chain will purchase additional units in the future. What is the financial advantage $($disadvantage$)$ of accepting the special order?

Note: Round your intermediate calculations to $2$ decimal places.

Refer to the original data. Assume Polaski Company expects to sell $24,000$ Rets through regular channels next year. The U$.$S$.$ Army would like to make a one$-$time$-$only purchase of $10,000$ Rets.$$The Army would reimburse Polaski for all of the variable and fixed production costs assigned to the units by the company$$s absorption costing system, plus it would pay an additional fee of $$1\mathrm{.}40$ per unit. Because the army would pick up the Rets with its own trucks, there would be no variable selling expenses associated with this order. What is the financial advantage $($disadvantage$)$ of accepting the U$.$S$.$ Army's special order?

Assume the same situation as described in $(2)$ above, except the company expects to sell $34,000$ Rets through regular channels next year. Thus, accepting the U$.$S$.$ Army$$s order would require giving up regular sales of $10,000$ Rets. Given this new information, what is the financial advantage $($disadvantage$)$ of accepting the U$.$S$.$ Army's special order?