This organization is willing to pay $3.35 per meal for 300 meals on April 10. Maria has sufficient idle capacity to fill this special order. These meals will incur all of the variable costs of meals produced, but variable administrative costs and total fixed costs will not be affected. What impact would accepting this special order have on operating profit?

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Nathalie Combs

Business

27 May, 09:53

This organization is willing to pay $3.35 per meal for 300 meals on April 10. Maria has sufficient idle capacity to fill this special order. These meals will incur all of the variable costs of meals produced, but variable administrative costs and total fixed costs will not be affected. What impact would accepting this special order have on operating profit?

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Mary Anthony · Answer 1

The operating profit will increase by total contribution earned from the order completion of 300 meals.

Explanation:

The company is will to pay $3.35 per meal which means $1005 (3.35*300) is the total amount the company will pay to Maria for the preparation of the order. Suppose that the total variable cost for preparing this order is $505 then the contribution will be:

Total Sales - Total Variable cost = Total Contribution

By putting values:

$1005 - $505 = $500 is the Total contribution that the company has earned. This $500 will increase the operating profit by the $500 because their are no fixed costs or variable administration cost increase. So the net increase in the operating cost will be this $500.