Best Birdies produces ornate birdcages. The company's average cost per unit is $18.00 when it produces 2,200 birdcages. If $5,500 of the costs are fixed, and the plant manager uses the average cost per unit to predict total costs, his forecast for 3,000 birdcages will be

A.

$39,600.

B.

$52,000.

C.

$54,000.

D.

$14,400.