Vanana Tees sells its cool-zone t-shirt for $24 each. Unit product cost are as follows:
Direct materials $4.50
Direct labor $1.80
Manufacturing overhead $3.50
total: $9.80.
A special order to 1,200 shirts was recently received. There is enough capacity to fill the order. Filling this order will not disrupt current operations. Vanana expects to incur an additional $1.10 per unit for additional labor costs due to a slight modification the buyer wants made to the shirts. The manufacturing overhead costs consist of 30% allocated fixed cost with the other 70% being variable. In negotiating a price, how much is Vanana Tees' minimum acceptable selling price per t-shirt in order to avoid a loss?
a. $6.30
b. $8.75
c. $9.85
d. $7.35