Balser Corporation Manufactures and Sells a Number of Products, Including

question 6

Multiple Choice

Balser Corporation manufactures and sells a number of products, including a product called JYMP. Results for last year for the manufacture and sale of JYMPs are as follows: Balser is trying to decide whether to discontinue the manufacture and sale of JYMPs. All expenses other than fixed manufacturing overhead are avoidable if the product is dropped. None of the fixed manufacturing overhead is avoidable.
Assume that dropping Product JYMP will have no effect on other products. The annual financial advantage (disadvantage) for the company of eliminating this product should be:

• A) $40,000
• B) ($132,000)
• C) ($92,000)
• D) ($172,000)

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Complex Tasks

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Extrinsic Motivation

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