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20 September, 22:03

The management of Wengel Corporation is considering dropping product B90D. Data from the company's accounting system appear below: Sales $ 773,900 Variable expenses $ 402,100 Fixed manufacturing expenses $ 263,200 Fixed selling and administrative expenses $ 224,600 All fixed expenses of the company are fully allocated to products in the company's accounting system. Further investigation has revealed that $186,000 of the fixed manufacturing expenses and $161,200 of the fixed selling and administrative expenses are avoidable if product B90D is discontinued. Required: What would be the financial advantage (disadvantage) of dropping B90D

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  1. 20 September, 23:30
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    Net loss of $24,600

    Explanation:

    Sales $773,900

    Variable Expenses ($402,100)

    Contribution Margin $371,800

    Avoidable Expenses of B90D

    Fixed Manufacturing Expenses $186,000

    Fixed Selling and Admin Expenses %161,200

    Total Avoidable expenses $347,200

    If the product B90D is discontinued, the contribution margin of $371,800 will be lost by Wengel corporation and costs of $347,200 will be saved.

    Therefore there will be net loss of $ (371,800-347,200) $24,600 to the company if the product is discontinued.
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