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Decision to discontinue a product On the basis of the following data, the general manager of Sandals Industries Inc. decided to discontinue Children's Sandals because it reduced operating income by $65,000. What is the flaw in this decision?

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Survey of Accounting (Accounting I)

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Carl Warren
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781305961883
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Survey of Accounting (Accounting I)

8th Edition
Carl Warren
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781305961883

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Decision to discontinue a product
On the basis of the following data, the general manager of Sandals Industries Inc. decided to discontinue Children's Sandals because it reduced operating income by $65,000. What is the flaw in this decision?

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