Question

It costs Blakeley Company $20.90 of variable and $1.90 of allocated fixed costs to produce an industrial trash can that normally sells for $30.10. A buyer offers to purchase 2,500 units at $21.90 each. Blakeley has excess capacity and can handle the additional production. What effect will acceptance of the offer have on net income

Answer 1

The effect that the acceptance of the offer will have on net income is a decrease of $2,250.

Step-by-step explanation:

This can be determined as follows:

Number of units offer to purchase by a buyer = 2,500

Price offered per unit by the buyer = $21.90

Variable cost per unit = $20.90

Allocated fixed costs per unit = $1.90

Total cost per unit = Variable cost per unit + Allocated fixed costs per unit = $20.90 + $1.90 = $22.80

Loss per unit of the offer = Price offered per unit by the buyer - Total cost per unit = $21.90 - $22.80 = -$0.90

Total loss of accepting the offer = Number of units offer to purchase by a buyer * Loss per unit of the offer = 2,500 * (-$0.90) = -$2,250

Since there is loss of $2,250 from accepting the offer, the effect that the acceptance of the offer will have on net income is a decrease of $2,250.