The management accountant for Giada's Book Store has prepared the following income statement for the most current year:                                            Cookbook Travel Book   Classics         Total     Sales                                 $60,000    $100,000          $40,000       $200,000     Cost of goods sold

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The management accountant for Giada's Book Store has prepared the following income statement for the most current year:

                                           Cookbook Travel Book   Classics         Total

    Sales                                 $60,000    $100,000          $40,000       $200,000

    Cost of goods sold          36,000        65,000              20,000       121,000

    Contribution margin        24,000        35,000              20,000           79,000

Order and delivery process  18,000         21,000              8,000           47,000

    Rent (per sq. foot used)    2,000           1,000                  3,000            6,000

    Allocated corporate costs 7,000          7,000                7,000            21,000

    Corporate profit                $ (3,000)     $ 6,000          $ 2,000          $ 5,000

 

If the cookbook product line had been discontinued prior to this year, the company would have reported ________. 

Select one:

a. greater corporate profits

b. less corporate profits

c. resulting profits cannot be determined
d. the same amount of corporate profits
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