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Mars Corporation received a request from a customer to purchase 2,300 units of one of their products, if Mars will customize it to fit their specific needs. To customize it, Mars' variable overhead costs will increase by $1.80 per unit. The customer has offered to buy it at a price of $37 per unit. This product, without customization, has the following costs:
| Unit Cost | |
| Direct materials | $4.70 |
| Direct labor | $3.00 |
| Fixed overhead | $6.70 |
| Variable overhead | $1.80 |
Mars has enough capacity to produce these customized units, but will have to purchase a new machine to complete production. This machine will cost $17,000 and will be sold after production for $2,000. The incremental profit (loss) associated with decision is (incremental losses are indicated by a negative (-) sign):
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-44,110
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43,700
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-28,700
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44,110
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28,700
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