#meta manufactures yoga props such as straps and blocks. Straps are sold to customers at a price of $18 per strap. The company currently produces 63,000 straps a year, which is 90% of full capacity. At the current operating level, the cost of producing and selling a single strap is as follows:

Variable Product Costs	$3.10
Fixed Product Costs	$1.20
Variable Period Costs	$0.70
Fixed Period Costs	$0.45

An order has been received from a chain of yoga studios for 7,500 straps at a special price of $15 per strap. If the special order is accepted, the unit variable manufacturing costs will decrease by $0.20 per strap due the type of buckles used. A different supplier will be used for the buckles and therefore a new supplier contract has to be drafted by the company's outside attorney. The attorney's fee is estimated to be $1,000. Variable period costs consist solely of sales commissions, which will not be paid on the special order. Fixed period costs will not be affected by acceptance of the special order.

By how much will operating income increase if the special order is accepted?

A.

$79,650

B.

$74,400

C.

$77,400

D.

$72,710

E.

$82,650