Fox, inc. manufactures and sells pens for $7 each. walton corp. has offered fox, inc. $3 per pen for a one-time order of 3,500 pens. the total manufacturing cost per pen, using absorption costing, is $1 per unit and consists of variable costs of $0.75 per pen and fixed overhead costs of $0.25 per pen. assume that fox, inc. has excess capacity and that the special pricing order would not adversely affect regular sales. what is the change in operating income that would result from accepting the special pricing order?

In canada, the reference base period for the cpi is 2002. by 2012, prices had risen by 21.6 percent since the base period. the inflation rate in canada in 2013 was 1.1 percent. calculate the cpi in canada in 2013. hint: use the information that “prices had risen by 21.6 percent since the base period” to find the cpi in 2012. use the inflation rate formula (inflation is the growth rate of the cpi) to find cpi in 2013, knowing the cpi in 2012 and the inflation rate. the cpi in canada in 2013 is round up your answer to the first decimal. 122.9 130.7 119.6 110.5