Answer the Following Questions Using the Information Below:
the Management

question 212

Multiple Choice

Answer the following questions using the information below:
The management accountant for Giada's Book Store has prepared the following income statement for the most current year:
$\begin{array}{lrrrr}&\text { Cookbook }&\text { Travel Book }&\text { Classics }&\text { Total }\\\text { Sales } & \$ 60,000 & \$ 100,000 & \$ 40,000 & \$ 200,000 \\\text { Cost of goods sold } & 36,000 & 65,000 & 20,000 & 121,000 \\\text { Contribution margin } & 24,000 & 35,000 & 20,000 & 79,000 \\\text { Order and delivery processing } & 18,000 & 21,000 & 8,000 & 47,000\\\text { Rent (per sq. foot used) } & 2,000 & 1,000 & 3,000 & 6,000 \\\text { Allocated corporate costs } & 7,000 & 7,000 & 7,000 & 21,000 \\\text { Corporate profit } & \$(3,000) & \$ 6,000 & \$ 2,000 & \$ 5,000\end{array}$
-If the cookbook product line had been discontinued prior to this year,the company would have reported ________.

• A) greater corporate profits
• B) the same amount of corporate profits
• C) less corporate profits
• D) resulting profits cannot be determined

Understand the secretion process and the role of salivary glands in digestion.

Differentiate the anatomical structure and organization of the liver in pigs and humans.

Understand the function and location of the gallbladder.

Distinguish between the small and large intestines through visual identification.

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Definitions:

Competitive Market

A market structure characterized by a large number of buyers and sellers, where no single entity can dictate prices.

External Benefit

A benefit that an activity or transaction provides which is not captured by the consumer or producer, benefiting others in society.

Public Good

A product or service that is made available to all members of a society, typically funded by the government, and characterized by non-excludability and non-rivalry.

External Cost

represents a negative spillover effect of an economic transaction on a third party who was not involved in the transaction.