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A study indicates that $374,000 of the fixed expenses being charged to Linens are sunk costs or allocated costs that will continue even if the Linens Department is dropped. In addition, the elimination of the Linens Department will result in a 17% decrease in the sales of the Hardware Department.

Required:

If the Linens Department is dropped, what will be the effect on the net operating income of the company as a whole?

Bed & Bath, a retailing company, has two departments, Hardware and Linens. The company's most recent monthly contribution format income statement follows: Department Sale Total 4,180,0 $ 00 Varia ble expen ses 1,253,0 00 841,00 0 412,00 0 2,927,0 00 2,289,0 00 638,00 0 2,290,0 00 1,430,0 00 860,00 0 s Cont ributio n margi n Fixe d expen ses Net opera ting incom e (loss) $ 637,00 0 Hardware 3,130,0 $ 00 $ 859,00 0 $ $ Linens 1,050,0 00 (222,00 ) 0 A study indicates that $374,000 of the fixed expenses being charged to Linens are sunk costs or allocated costs that will continue even if the Linens Department is dropped. In addition, the elimination of the Linens Department will result in a 17% decrease in the sales of the Hardware Department. Required: If the Linens Department is dropped, what will be the effect on the net operating income of the company as a whole? ____ in net operating system ____