Reference no: EM13523599
Nutall Corporation is considering dropping product N28X. Data from the company's accounting system appear below:
Sales $ 830,000
Variable expense $ 416,000
Fixed manufacturing expenses $ 266,000
Fixed selling and administrative expense $ 214,000
All fixed expenses of the company are fully allocated to products in the company's accounting system. Further investigation has revealed that $204,000 of the fixed manufacturing expenses and $119,000 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?
1. What would be the effect on the company's overall net operating income of dropping product N28X?
Net operating income would be by $ .
b-2. Should the product be dropped?