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Morrison Company has a request for a special order of 20 Christmas Wreaths from a local vendor. The normal selling price is $300 and its unit product cost is $174, as show below: Direct Materials $89 Direct Labor $66 Manufacturing Overhead $19 Total Unit Product Cost $174 Most of the manufacturing overhead is fixed and unaffected by variations in how many Christmas Wreaths are produced in a given period. However, $9 of the overhead is variable, depending on the number of wreaths made. The customer would like a special bow tied to the wreath requiring additional materials costing $7 per wreath and would also require a special tool costing $205 that would have no other use once the special order was completed. This order would have no effect on the company’s regular sales, and the order could be filled using the company’s existing capacity without affecting any other order. Required: What effect would accepting this order have on the company’s operating income if a special price of $250 is offered per wreath for this order? Should the special order be accepted at this price?

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if the special order is accepted at a price of $250 per wreath, the operating income would increase by $4655 - $2520 = $2135.

Based on this analysis, accepting the special order at $250 per wreath would be beneficial for the company as it would lead to an increase in operating income.
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