Alpena Corporation manufactures smartphone and tablet cases. The following is the cost of each unit.

Decatur Devices has approached Alpena with an offer to buy $3,000$ cases at a price of $$17\mathrm{.}50$ each for its new specialty tablet

designed for health care workers. The regular price of an Alpena case is $$25.$ Alpena has the capacity to produce $180,000$ units

without Increasing its fixed overhead. Decatur Devices requires that each case use its branding, which requires a more expensive

embossing step. This will result in an additional $$2\mathrm{.}70$ per case labor cost. The materlal cost of of the Decatur case will be the same as

for the current models. The Decatur order will also require a one$-$time rental of embossing equipment for $$7,200.$

Required:

a$.$ Prepare a schedule to show the Impact of filling the Decatur Devices order on Alpena's profits for the year.

b$.$ Would you recommend that Alpena accept the order?

c$.$ Considering only profit, determine the minimum quantity of cases in the special order that would make it profitable, assuming

capacity is avallable.

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Prepare a schedule to show the impact of filling the Decatur Devices order on Alpena's profits for the year. $($Enter your answers in

thousands rounded to $1$ decimal place. $($i$.$e$.,5,400,400$ should be entered as $5,400,4).$ Select option "higher" or "lower", keeping

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