Answer the Following Questions Using the Information Below:
the Management

Multiple Choice

Answer the following questions using the information below:
The management accountant for Giada's Book Store has prepared the following income statement for the most current year:
$\begin{array}{lrrrr}&\text { Cookbook }&\text { Travel Book }&\text { Classics }&\text { Total }\\\text { Sales } & \$ 60,000 & \$ 100,000 & \$ 40,000 & \$ 200,000 \\\text { Cost of goods sold } & 36,000 & 65,000 & 20,000 & 121,000 \\\text { Contribution margin } & 24,000 & 35,000 & 20,000 & 79,000 \\\text { Order and delivery processing } & 18,000 & 21,000 & 8,000 & 47,000\\\text { Rent (per sq. foot used) } & 2,000 & 1,000 & 3,000 & 6,000 \\\text { Allocated corporate costs } & 7,000 & 7,000 & 7,000 & 21,000 \\\text { Corporate profit } & \$(3,000) & \$ 6,000 & \$ 2,000 & \$ 5,000\end{array}$
-If the cookbook product line had been discontinued prior to this year,the company would have reported ________.

A) greater corporate profits
B) the same amount of corporate profits
C) less corporate profits
D) resulting profits cannot be determined