The Immanuel Company Has Just Obtained a Request for a Special

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The Immanuel Company has just obtained a request for a special order of 6,000 jigs to be shipped at the end of the month at a selling price of $7 each. The company has a production capacity of 90,000 jigs per month with total fixed production costs of $144,000. At present, the company is selling 80,000 jigs per month through regular channels at a selling price of $11 each. For these regular sales, the cost for one jig is: $\begin{array}{|l|r|}\hline \text { Variable Production Cost } & \$ 4.60 \\\hline \text { Fixed Production Cost } & \$ 1.80 \\\hline \text { Variable Selling Expense } & \$ 1.00 \\\hline\end{array}$
If the special order is accepted, Immanuel will not incur any selling expense; however, it will incur shipping costs of $\$ 0.30$ per unit.
-At what selling price per unit should Immanuel be indifferent between accepting or rejecting the special offer?

• A) $4.90.
• B) $6.40.
• C) $7.40.
• D) $7.70.

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Ratios

Quantitative measures used to assess the financial performance, liquidity, efficiency, or risk of a business entity.

Current Ratio

This ratio indicates how well a business can settle its short-term debts with assets that are readily available.

Acid-test Ratio

A stringent indicator of a company’s short-term liquidity, calculated by dividing liquid assets by current liabilities, excluding inventory.

Debt-to-equity Ratio

The ratio that indicates the mix between shareholders' equity and debt in the capital structure used to finance assets.