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CoursHeroTranscribedText: Alpine Luggage has a capacity to produce 380,000 suitcases per year: The company is currently producing and selling 300,000 units per year at a selling price of $403 per case. The cost of producing and selling one case follows: Variable manufacturing costs $163 Fixed manufacturing costs 40 Variable selling and administrative costs 33 Fixed selling and administrative costs 19 Total costs $305 The company has received a special order for 30,000 suitcases at a price of $249 per case. It will not have to pay any sales commission on the special order. so the variable selling and administrative costs would be only $49 per suitcase. The special order would have no effect on total fixed costs. The company has rejected the offer based on the following computations: Selling price per case $249 Variable manufacturing costs 163 Fixed manufacturing costs 40 Variable selling and administrative costs 49 Fixed selling and administrative costs 19 Net profit (loss) per case $l221 Required: a. What is the impact on prot for the year if Alpine accepts the special order? {Enter your answers in thousands of dollars. Select option "higher" or "lower", keeping Status Duo as the base. Select "none" if there is no effect.) Sales revenue Variable costs: Manufacturing Selling and administrative Contribution margin Fixed costs Operating profit

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