Kneller Co.manufactures and sells medals for winners of athletic and other events.Its manufacturing plant has the capacity to produce 12,000 medals each month; current monthly production is 9,600 medals.The company normally charges $99 per medal.Cost data for the current level of production are shown below:
The company has just received a special one-time order for 500 medals at $89 each.For this particular order, no variable selling and administrative costs would be incurred.This order would also have no effect on fixed costs.Assume that direct labor is a variable cost.
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Should the company accept this special order? Why?