Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $130 and $90, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $5 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 102,000 units of each product. Its unit costs for each product at this level of activity are given below:

	Alpha				Beta
Direct materials		$	25			$	10
Direct labor			22				21
Variable manufacturing overhead			17				7
Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead			18				20
Variable selling expenses			14				10
Common fixed expenses			17				12
Total cost per unit		$	113			$	80

The company considers its traceable fixed manufacturing overhead to be avoidable, whereas its common fixed expenses are deemed unavoidable and have been allocated to products based on sales dollars.

Required:

Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 92,000 Betas during the current year. One of Canes sales representatives has found a new customer that is willing to buy 2,000 additional Betas for a price of $41 per unit. If Cane accepts the customers offer, how much will its profits increase or decrease? (Input the amount as positive value.)

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