eBook Question Content Area Special-Order Decision The Cool Can Company manufactures drink koozies and has been approached by a new customer with an offer to purchase 15,000 units at a per-unit price of $9.00. The new customer is geographically separated from Cool Can's other customers, and existing sales will not be affected. Cool Can normally produces 96,000 units but plans to produce and sell only 65,000 in the coming year. The normal sales price is $13 per unit. Unit cost information is as follows: Line Item Description Cost Direct materials $3.10 Direct labor 2.75 Variable overhead 1.00 Fixed overhead 1.80 Total $8.65 If Cool Can accepts the order, no fixed manufacturing activities will be affected because there is sufficient excess capacity. Required: Download Excel spreadsheet 1. What are the alternatives for Cool Can? Accept or reject the special order 2. Conceptual Connection: Should Cool Can accept the special order? Yes By how much will operating income increase or decrease if the order is accepted? Increase fill in the blank 1 of 1$ 3. Conceptual Connection: Briefly explain the significance of the statement in the exercise that "existing sales will not be affected" (by the special sale)