San Ruiz Interiors provides design services to residential and commercial clients. The residential services produce a contribution margin of $450,000 and have traceable fixed operating costs of $480,000. Management is studying whether to drop the residential operation. If closed, the fixed operating costs will fall by $370,000 and San Ruiz' income will:

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San Ruiz Interiors provides design services to residential and commercial clients. The residential services produce a contribution margin of $450,000 and have traceable fixed operating costs of $480,000. Management is studying whether to drop the residential operation. If closed, the fixed operating costs will fall by $370,000 and San Ruiz' income will:

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Ciara Guerrero · Answer 1

If closed the operating income will decrease by 50,000

Is a better scenario to continue with the residential sercives

Explanation:

current scenario:

contribution margin 450,000

Fixed Cost 480,000

net loss 30,000

drop scenario:

contribution margin = 0

fixed cost 450,000-370,000 = 80,000

net loss (80,000)