The Regal Cycle Company manufactures three types of bicycles-a dirt bike, a mountain bike, and a racing bike. Data on sales and expenses for the past quarter follow: Sales Variable manufacturing and selling expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses: Advertising, traceable Depreciation of special equipment Salaries of product-line managers Allocated common fixed expenses* Total fixed expenses Net operating income (loss) *Allocated on the basis of sales dollars. Total $ 924,000 467,000 457,000 Dirt Bikes $ 261,000 114,000 147,000 Mountain Bikes $ 403,000 194,000 Racing Bikes $ 260,000 159,000 209,000 101,000 69,200 8,700 40,300 20,200 43,800 20,900 7,100 15,800 116,000 40,900 38,100 37,000 184,800 52,200 80,600 52,000 413,800 122,700 166,100 125,000 $ 43,200 $ 24,300 $ 42,900 $ (24,000) Management is concerned about the continued losses shown by the racing bikes and wants a recommendation as to whether or not the line should be discontinued. The special equipment used to produce racing bikes has no resale value and does not wear out. Required: 1. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) per quarter of discontinuing the Racing Bikes? 2. Should the production and sale of racing bikes be discontinued? 3. Prepare a properly formatted segmented income statement that would be more useful to management in assessing the long-run profitability of the various product lines. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3

The Regal Cycle Company manufactures three types of bicycles—a dirt bike, a mountain bike, and a racing bike. Data on sales and expenses for the past quarter follow:     Total DirtBikes Mountain Bikes RacingBikes Sales $ 920,000   $ 267,000   $ 401,000   $ 252,000   Variable manufacturing and selling expenses   464,000     118,000     191,000     155,000   Contribution margin   456,000     149,000     210,000     97,000   Fixed expenses:                         Advertising, traceable   69,600     8,600     40,200     20,800   Depreciation of special equipment   44,300     20,900     7,800     15,600   Salaries of product-line managers   114,100     40,000     38,300     35,800   Allocated common fixed expenses*   184,000     53,400     80,200     50,400   Total fixed expenses   412,000     122,900     166,500     122,600   Net operating income (loss) $ 44,000   $ 26,100   $ 43,500   $ (25,600)       *Allocated on the basis of sales dollars.   Management is…

Shown below is a segmented income statement for Hickory Company's three wooden flooring product lines: Strip Plank Parquet Total Sales revenue $400,000 $200,000 $300,000 $900,000 Less: Variable expenses 225,000 120,000 250,000 595,000 Contribution margin $175,000 $ 80,000 $ 50,000 $305,000 Less direct fixed expenses: Machine rent (5,000) (20,000) (30,000) (55,000) Supervision (15,000) (10,000) (5,000) (30,000) Depreciation (35,000) (10,000) (25,000) (70,000) Segment margin $120,000 $ 40,000 $ (10,000) $150,000 Hickory's management is deciding whether to keep or drop the parquet product line. Hickory's parquet flooring product line has a contribution margin of $50,000 (sales of $300,000 less total variable costs of $250,000). All variable costs are relevant. Relevant fixed costs associated with this line include 80% of parquet's machine rent and all of parquet's supervision salaries. In addition, assume that dropping the parquet product line would reduce sales of the strip line by 27%…

The Regal Cycle Company manufactures three types of bicycles-a dirt bike, a mountain bike, and a racing bike. Data on sales and expenses for the past quarter follow: Sales Variable manufacturing and selling expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses: Advertising, traceable Depreciation of special equipment Salaries of product-line managers Allocated common fixed expenses* Total fixed expenses es Net operating income (loss) "Allocated on the basis of sales dollars. Total $ 924,000 469,000 Dirt Bikes 455,000 $ 266,000 116,000 150,000 Mountain Bikes $ 408,000 195,000 213,000 Racing Bikes $ 250,000 158,000 92,000 69,400 8,300 40,300 20,800 42,900 20,200 7,300 15,400 115,200 40,900 38,400 35,900 184,800 53,200 81,600 50,000 412,300 122,600 167,600 122,100 $ 42,700 $ 27,400 $ 45,400 $ (30,100) Management is concerned about the continued losses shown by the racing bikes and wants a recommendation as to whether or not the line should be discontinued. The special equipment used to produce…