Diamond Company has three product lines, A, B, and C. The following financial information is available:   Item Product Line A   Product Line B   Product Line C Sales $ 52,000     $ 100,000     $ 23,000   Variable costs $ 31,200     $ 53,000     $ 14,375   Contribution margin $ 20,800     $ 47,000     $ 8,625   Fixed costs:                       Avoidable $ 5,400     $ 14,500     $ 6,300   Unavoidable $ 4,100     $ 10,000     $ 3,100   Pre-tax operating income $ 11,300     $ 22,500     $ (-775 )     Diamond is thinking of dropping Product Line C because it is reporting an operating loss. Assuming the company drops Product Line C and does not replace it, pre-tax operating income for the firm will likely:   Multiple Choice   Be unchanged   Increase by $2,025   Increase by $2,325   Decrease by $2,325   Decrease by $4,350

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Diamond Company has three product lines, A, B, and C. The following financial information is available:

 

Item Product Line A   Product Line B   Product Line C
Sales $ 52,000     $ 100,000     $ 23,000  
Variable costs $ 31,200     $ 53,000     $ 14,375  
Contribution margin $ 20,800     $ 47,000     $ 8,625  
Fixed costs:                      
Avoidable $ 5,400     $ 14,500     $ 6,300  
Unavoidable $ 4,100     $ 10,000     $ 3,100  
Pre-tax operating income $ 11,300     $ 22,500     $ (-775 )
 

 

Diamond is thinking of dropping Product Line C because it is reporting an operating loss. Assuming the company drops Product Line C and does not replace it, pre-tax operating income for the firm will likely:

 

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    Be unchanged

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    Increase by $2,025

  •  

    Increase by $2,325

  •  

    Decrease by $2,325

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    Decrease by $4,350

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