Valdez Company is considering eliminating its kitchen division, which reported an operating loss of $54,000 for the past year as shown below. Segment Income (Loss)Sales $ 1,070,000Variable costs 797,000Contribution margin 273,000Fixed costs 327,000Income (loss) $ (54,000)If the kitchen division is dropped, all $797,000 of its variable costs are avoidable, and $196,200 of its fixed costs are avoidable. The impact on Valdez’s income from eliminating this business segment would be:

Carns Company is considering eliminating its Small Tools Division, which reported a loss for the prior year of $135,000 as shown below. Segment Income (Loss)Sales $ 1,360,000Variable costs 1,225,000Contribution margin 135,000Fixed costs 270,000Income (loss) $ (135,000)If the Small Tools Division is dropped, all of its variable costs are avoidable, and $108,000 of its fixed costs are avoidable. The impact on Carns’s income from eliminating the Small Tools Division would be:

A company is considering eliminating its backpack division, which reported an operating loss for the recent year of $42,000. The division sales for the year were $960,000 and the variable costs were $475,000. The fixed costs of the division were $527,000. If the backpack division is dropped, all of the fixed costs allocated to the division will be eliminated. The impact on the company's operating income for eliminating this business segment would be:Group of answer choices$485,000 decrease$42,000 increase$274,200 decrease$42,000 increase$274,200 increase

Gion Company is considering eliminating its Windows division, which reported a loss for the prior year of $96,000 as shown below. Segment Income (Loss)Sales $ 1,121,000Variable costs 986,000Contribution margin 135,000Fixed costs 231,000Income (loss) $ (96,000)If the Windows division is dropped, all of its variable costs are avoidable, and $150,150 of its fixed costs are avoidable. The impact on Gion’s operating income from eliminating this business segment would be:

Valber Company is considering eliminating its Phone division. The company allocates fixed costs based on sales. If the Phone division is dropped, all of its variable costs are avoidable, and $152,000 of its fixed costs are avoidable. The impact on Valber’s income from eliminating the Phone division is:   Desktops Laptops Tablets PhonesSales $ 362,000 $ 877,500 $ 700,000 $ 977,000Variable costs 203,000 637,000 530,000 797,000Contribution margin 159,000 240,500 170,000 180,000Fixed costs 73,200 176,300 140,800 197,000Net income (loss) 85,800 64,200 29,200 (17,000)

Soar Incorporated is considering eliminating its mountain bike division, which reported a loss for the recent year of $5,400 as shown below. Segment Income (Loss)Sales $ 1,110,000Variable costs 884,000Contribution margin 226,000Fixed costs 231,400Income (loss) $ (5,400)If the mountain bike division is dropped, all $884,000 of its variable costs are avoidable, and $69,420 of its fixed costs are avoidable. The impact on income for eliminating this business segment would be: