Alpine Luggage has a capacity to produce 450.000 suitcases per year. The company is currently producing and selling 370,000 units per year at a selling price of $403 per case. The cost of producing and selling one case follows: Variable manufacturing costs $ 156 Fixed manufacturing costs 48 Variable selling and administrative costs 83 Fixed selling and administrative costs 28 Total costs $ 299 The company has received a special order for 30,000 suitcases at a price of $250 per case. It will not have to pay any sales commission on the special order, so the variable selling and administrative costs would be only $50 per suitcase. The special order would have no effect on total xed costs. The company has rejected the offer based on the following computations: Selling price per case $ 259 Variable manufacturing costs 156 Fixed manufacturing costs 48 Variable selling and administrative costs 58 Fixed selling and administrative costs 28 Net profit (loss) per case $ (16) Required: a. What is the impact on profit for the year if Alpine accepts the special order? (Enter your answers in thousands of dollars. Select option "higher" or \"lower", keeping Status Quo as the base. Select "none" if there is no effect.) Sales revenue -|l_|-| ___ _|_l-|_| _l_l-l_l _|_l-|_| _|_-l_l - Van'able costs: Manufacturing Selling and administrative Contribution margin Fixed costs Operating prot