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A company has two different products that sell to separate markets.Financial data are as follows:
 Product A  Product B  Total  Revenue $15,000$9,000$24,000 Variable costs (7,000)(9,200)(16,200) Fixed costs (allocated) (4,000)(1,000)(5,000) Operating income (loss) $4,000$(1,200)$2,800\begin{array} { | l | r | r | r | } \hline & \text { Product A } & \text { Product B } & { \text { Total } } \\\hline \text { Revenue } & \$ 15,000 & \$ 9,000 & \$ 24,000 \\\hline \text { Variable costs } & ( 7,000 ) & ( 9,200 ) & ( 16,200 ) \\\hline \text { Fixed costs (allocated) } & ( 4,000 ) & \underline { ( 1,000 ) } & \underline { ( 5,000 ) } \\\hline \text { Operating income (loss) } & \$ 4,000 & \$ ( 1,200 ) & \$ 2,800 \\\hline\end{array} Assume that fixed costs are all unavoidable and that dropping one product would not impact sales of the other.Because the contribution margin of Product B is negative,it should be dropped.

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