Determine the financial advantage for company of dropping

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The management of Schmader Corporation is considering dropping product M12C. Data from the company's accounting system appear below:

Sales                                                    $550,000

Variable expenses                                    $242,000

Fixed manufacturing expenses                    $215,000

Fixed selling and administrative expenses     $132,000

All fixed expenses of the company are fully allocated to products in the company's accounting system. Further investigation has revealed that $137,000 of the fixed manufacturing expenses and $79,000 of the fixed selling and administrative expenses are avoidable if product M12C is discontinued.

Question 1: Determine the financial advantage (disadvantage) for the company of dropping product M12C. Should the product be dropped?

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