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Nutall Corporation is considering dropping product N28X. Data from the company\'

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Question

Nutall Corporation is considering dropping product N28X. Data from the company's accounting system appear below:




Sales $ 650,000


Variable expense $ 280,000


Fixed manufacturing expenses $ 242,000


Fixed selling and administrative expense $ 190,000   



All fixed expenses of the company are fully allocated to products in the company's accounting system. Further investigation has revealed that $195,000 of the fixed manufacturing expenses and $110,000 of the fixed selling and administrative expenses are avoidable if product N28X is discontinued.



Required:


a.



According to the company's accounting system, what is the net operating income earned by product N28X? (Input the amount as a positive value. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)



$



b-1.



What would be the effect on the company's overall net operating income of dropping product N28X? (Input the amount as a positive value. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)



Net operating income would be by $ .



b-2.



Should the product be dropped?




Yes or No?


Explanation / Answer

a. net operating income = 650,000-280,000-242,000-190,000 = -62,000

b. if discontined

net operating income = 243,000


yes the product should be dropped