Mango Company produces and sells 45,000 bottles of mango puree each year. The following information...

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Mango Company produces and sells 45,000 bottles of mango puree each year. The following information reflects a breakdown of its costs:

Cost Item

Costs per Bottle

Total Costs

Variable production costs

$13

$585,000

Fixed production costs

$9

$405,000

Variable selling costs

$6

$270,000

Fixed selling and administrative costs

$4

$180,000

Total costs

$32

$1,440,000

Mango marks up its prices 35% over full costs. It has surplus capacity to produce 15,000 more bottles. A Spanish supermarket company has offered to purchase 10,000 bottles of the product at a special price of $38 per bottle. Mango will incur additional shipping and selling costs of $2 per bottle to complete this order.

Required: (a) What will be the effect on Mango's operating income if it accepts this order? (b) Analyze the effect on the company's overall contribution margin.

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