The Kelsh Company has two divisions--North and South. The divisions have the following revenues and expenses:        North    South Sales    £900,000    £800,000 Variable expenses    450,000    300,000 Traceable fixed expenses    260,000    210,000 Allocated common corporate expenses     240,000     190,000 Operating profit (loss)    £(50,000)    £100,000 Management at Kelsh is pondering the elimination of North Division. If North Division were eliminated, its traceable fixed expenses could be avoided. The total common corporate expenses would be unaffec

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The Kelsh Company has two divisions--North and South. The divisions have the following revenues and expenses:
 
     North    South
Sales    £900,000    £800,000
Variable expenses    450,000    300,000
Traceable fixed expenses    260,000    210,000
Allocated common corporate expenses     240,000     190,000
Operating profit (loss)    £(50,000)    £100,000

Management at Kelsh is pondering the elimination of North Division. If North Division were eliminated, its traceable fixed expenses could be avoided. The total common corporate expenses would be unaffected. Given these data, the elimination of North Division would result in an overall company operating profit of:

 

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