The Management of Leinberger Corporation Is Considering Dropping Product S48J

question 34

Essay

The management of Leinberger Corporation is considering dropping product S48J. Data from the company's accounting system appear below: All fixed expenses of the company are fully allocated to products in the company's accounting system. Further investigation has revealed that $28,000 of the fixed manufacturing expenses and $21,000 of the fixed selling and administrative expenses are avoidable if product S48J is discontinued.
Required:
What would be the effect on the company's overall net operating income if product S48J were dropped? Should the product be dropped? Show your work!

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Definitions:

Evidence

Information or facts that help to establish the truth or validity of a belief, proposition, or phenomenon.

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Prospective Design

A research design that follows participants forward over a period of time to observe future outcomes.

Cross-sectional Design

A research design that analyzes data from a population, or a representative subset, at a specific point in time to examine relationships between variables.