Peach Company produces and sells 25,000 jars of peach preserves each year. The following information...

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Peach Company produces and sells 25,000 jars of peach preserves each year. The following information reflects a breakdown of its costs:

Cost Item

Costs per Jar

Total Costs

Variable production costs

$18

$450,000

Fixed production costs

$10

$250,000

Variable selling costs

$7

$175,000

Fixed selling and administrative costs

$5

$125,000

Total costs

$40

$1,000,000

Peach marks up its prices 30% over full costs. It has surplus capacity to produce 10,000 more jars. An Australian supermarket company has offered to purchase 8,000 jars of the product at a special price of $42 per jar. Peach will incur additional shipping and selling costs of $2 per jar to complete this order.

Required: (a) What will be the effect on Peach's operating income if it accepts this order? (b) Determine the incremental profit from accepting the order.

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