Maria's Food Service provides meals that nonprofit organizations distribute to handicapped and elderly people. The following is her forecasted income statement for April, when she expects to produce and sell 2.900 meals: Gross profit Sales revenue Costs of meals produced Administrative costs Operating profit Per Unit $5.90 4.45 $1.45 Amount $ 17,110 12,905 $ 4,205 2,320 $ 1,885 0.80 $0.65 Fixed costs included in this income statement are $4,321 for meal production and $580 for administrative costs. Maria has received a special request from an organization sponsoring a picnic to raise funds for the Special Olympics. This organization is willing to pay $3.45 per meal for 300 meals on April 10. Maria has sufficient idle capacity to fill this special order. These meals will incur all of the variable costs of meals produced, but variable administrative costs and total fixed costs will not be affected. Required: a. What impact would accepting this special order have on operating profit? (Select option "higher" or "lower", keeping Status Quo as the base. Select "none" if there is no effect.) Status Quo 2,900 Units Alternative 3,200 Units Difference Sales revenue $ 17,110 higher Variable costs Meals 8,584 9,472 888 higher Administrative 1,740 1,740 Contribution margin S 6,786 Foxed costs 4,901 4,901 O none higher 0 none Operating profit $ 1,885 higher