Blakely Manufacturing produces a single product. The cost of producing and selling a single unit...

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Blakely Manufacturing produces a single product. The cost of producing and selling a single unit of this product at the company's normal activity level of 57,000 units per month is as follows:
Per Unit
Direct materials
$ 51.10
Direct labor
$ 9.80
Variable manufacturing overhead
$ 2.80
Fixed manufacturing overhead
$ 20.70
Variable selling & administrative expense
$ 5.20
Fixed selling & administrative expense
$ 25.00
The normal selling price of the product is $120.10 per unit.
An order has been received from an overseas customer for 3,700 units to be delivered this month at a special discounted price. This order would not change the total amount of the company's fixed costs. The variable selling and administrative expense would be $2.90 less per unit on this order than on normal sales.
Direct labor is a variable cost in this company.
Suppose there is ample idle capacity to produce the units required by the overseas customer and the special discounted price on the special order is $93.40 per unit. The monthly financial advantage (disadvantage) for the company as a result of accepting this special order should be:
Responses should be formatted as a whole number with a dollar sign at the beginning, commas separating appropriate increments, and parentheses indicating negative amounts, losses, or outflows. For example: $1,000 would signify income and ($1,000) would signify a loss. Please do not include any words in your response, and please do not include cents (i.e.,.00).
Please note that you MUST format your response exactly as directed in order to receive credit. I will give partial credit for correct numbers with incorrect formatting.

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