Your Company plans to discontinue a department that has a contribution margin of $22,000 and $50,000 in fixed costs. Of the fixed costs, 42% cannot be eliminated. What is the effect of this discontinuance on net operating income?   A. decrease by $   7,000   B. increase by  $   1,000   C. decrease by $24,000   D. decrease by  $  1,000   E. increase by  $  7,000

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Your Company plans to discontinue a department that has a contribution margin of $22,000 and $50,000 in fixed costs. Of the fixed costs, 42% cannot be eliminated. What is the effect of this discontinuance on net operating income?

  A.

decrease by $   7,000

  B.

increase by  $   1,000

  C.

decrease by $24,000

  D.

decrease by  $  1,000

  E.

increase by  $  7,000

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