Camera Corner Is Considering Eliminating Model AE2 from Its Camera

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Camera Corner is considering eliminating Model AE2 from its camera line because of losses over the past quarter.The past three months of information for Model AE2 are summarized below: $\begin{array}{lr}\text { Sales (1,000 units) } & \$ 300,000 \\\text { Manufacturing costs: } & \\\quad \text { Direct materials } & 150,000 \\\quad \text { Direct labor ( } \$ 15 \text { per hour) } & 60,000 \\\quad \text { Overhead } & 100,000 \\\text { Operating loss } & (\$ 10,000) \end{array}$ Overhead costs are 70% variable and the remaining 30% is depreciation of special equipment for model AE2 that has no resale value.
If Model AE2 is dropped from the product line,operating income will ________.

• A) increase by $10,000
• B) decrease by $20,000
• C) increase by $30,000
• D) decrease by $10,000

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