686,000) (1,806,000) Segment margin $2,324,000 $1,430,800 $3,754,800 Corporate fixed costs (2,660,000) (1,246,000) (3,906,000) Operating income (loss) $(336,000) $184,800 $(151,200)

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Operations of Borderland Oil Drilling Services are separated into two geographical divisions: United States and Mexico. The operating results of each division for the year are as follows:

  United States Mexico Total
Sales $10,080,000 $5,040,000 $15,120,000
Variable costs (6,636,000) (2,923,200) (9,559,200)
Contribution margin $3,444,000 $2,116,800 $5,560,800
Direct fixed costs (1,120,000) (686,000) (1,806,000)
Segment margin $2,324,000 $1,430,800 $3,754,800
Corporate fixed costs (2,660,000) (1,246,000) (3,906,000)
Operating income (loss) $(336,000) $184,800 $(151,200)

Corporate fixed costs are allocated to the divisions based on relative sales. Assume that all of a division’s direct fixed costs could be avoided by eliminating that division. Because the U.S. division is operating at a loss, Borderland’s president is considering eliminating it.

a. If the U.S. division had been eliminated at the beginning of the year, what would have been Borderland’s pre-tax income? $

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