Maria's food service provides meals that nonprofit organizations distribute to handicapped and elderly people. here is her forecasted income statement for april, when she expects to produce and sell 3,000 meals: amount per unitsales revenue $ 18,000 $ 6.00costs of meals produced 13,500 4.50gross profit $ 4,500 $ 1.50administrative costs 2,100 0.70operating profit $ 2,400 $ 0.80fixed costs included in this income statement are $4,500 for meal production and $600 for administrative costs. maria has received a special request from an organization sponsoring a picnic to raise funds for the special olympics. this organization is willing to pay $3.50 per meal for 300 meals on april 10. maria has sufficient idle capacity to fill this special order. these meals will incur all of the variable costs of meals produced, but variable administrative costs and total fixed costs will not be affected. required: what impact would accepting this special order have on operating profit? status quo3,000units alternative3,300 unitsrevenues $ $ $variable costs: margin $ $ $fixed costsoperating profit $ $ $

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Milden company has an exclusive franchise to purchase a product from the manufacturer and distribute it on the retail level. as an aid in planning, the company has decided to start using a contribution format income statement. to have data to prepare such a statement, the company has analyzed its expenses and has developed the following cost formulas: cost cost formula cost of good sold $35 per unit sold advertising expense $210,000 per quarter sales commissions 6% of sales shipping expense ? administrative salaries $145,000 per quarter insurance expense $9,000 per quarter depreciation expense $76,000 per quarter management has concluded that shipping expense is a mixed cost, containing both variable and fixed cost elements. units sold and the related shipping expense over the last eight quarters follow: quarter units sold shipping expense year 1: first 10,000 $ 119,000 second 16,000 $ 175,000 third 18,000 $ 190,000 fourth 15,000 $ 164,000 year 2: first 11,000 $ 130,000 second 17,000 $ 185,000 third 20,000 $ 210,000 fourth 13,000 $ 147,000 milden company’s president would like a cost formula derived for shipping expense so that a budgeted contribution format income statement can be prepared for the next quarter. required: 1. using the high-low method, estimate a cost formula for shipping expe

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