Corporation manufactures shirts, and it is considering whether or not it should accept a special order for 9,000 shirts. The normal selling price of a shirt is $53 and itsunit product cost is $20 as shown below:

Most of the manufacturing overhead is fixed; however, 30% of it is variable with respect to the number of shirts produced; The special order will require customizing the shirts for the

customer with an additional direct materials cost of $4 per shirt and an additional direct labor cost of $5 per shirt. If it accepts this order, the company will have to rent special equipment to handle the shirt customization at a cost of $45,000. The order would have no effect on the regular sales and it could be fulfilled using the

company's existing capacity without affecting any other order.

Q. What is the minimum (i.e., the break-even) sales price per unit that should charge for this special order?

Direct materials $8.00 Direct labor $2.00 $10.00 Manufacturing overhead Unit product cost $20.00