Visionary Game Company sells 600,000 units per year of a particular video game at $20 each. The current unit cost of the game is broken down as follows. Direct materials $5.00
Direct labor 2.00
Variable factory overhead 4.00
Fixed factory overhead (average cost per unit) 3.00
Total $14.00

At the beginning of the current year, Visionary received a special order for 12,000 of these games per month, for one year only, at a sales price of $11 per unit. To fill the order, Visionary will have to rent additional assembly space at a cost of $18,000 ($1,500 per month).

Required:
Compute the estimated increase or decrease in annual operating income that will result from accepting this special order.

Bandar industries berhad of malaysia manufactures sporting equipment. one of the company’s products, a football helmet for the north american market, requires a special plastic. during the quarter ending june 30, the company manufactured 35,000 helmets, using 22,500 kilograms of plastic. the plastic cost the company $171,000. according to the standard cost card, each helmet should require 0.6 kilograms of plastic, at a cost of $8 per kilogram. 1. what is the standard quantity of kilograms of plastic (sq) that is allowed to make 35,000 helmets? 2. what is the standard materials cost allowed (sq x sp) to make 35,000 helmets? 3. what is the materials spending variance? 4. what is the materials price variance and the materials quantity variance?