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Double Corporation produces baseball bats for kids that it sells for $33 each. At capacity, the company can produce 56,000 bats a year. The costs of producing and selling 56,000 bats are as follows: (Click to view the costs.) Read the requirements. Requirement 1. Suppose Double is currently producing and selling 42,000 bats. At this level of production and sales, its fixed costs are the same as given in the preceding table. Musial Corporation wants to place a one-time special order for 14,000 bats at $20 each. Double will incur no variable selling costs for this special order. Should Double accept this one-time special order? Show your clculations. Determine the effect on operating income if the order is accepted. (Enter decreases in operating income with parentheses or a minus sign.) Data table Requirements 1. Suppose Double is currently producing and selling 42,000 bats. At this level of production and sales, its fixed costs are the same as given in the preceding table. Musial Corporation wants to place a one-time special order for 14,000 bats at $20 each. Double will incur no variable selling costs for this special order. Should Double accept this one-time special order? Show your calculations. 2. Now suppose Double is currently producing and selling 56,000 bats. If Double accepts Musial's offer it will have to sell 14,000 fewer bats to its regular customers. (a) On financial considerations alone, should Double accept this one-time special order? Show your calculations. (b) On financial considerations alone, at what price would Double be indifferent between accepting the special order and continuing to sell to its regular customers at $33 per bat? (c) What other factors should Double consider in deciding whether to accept the one-time special order

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