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The Regal Cycle Company manufactures three types of bicycles-a dirt bike, a mountain bike, and a racing bike. Data on sales and expenses for the past quarter follow. 25 Mountain Bikes Sales Total $ 923,000 $ 405,000 Racing Bikes $ 254,000 159,000 Dirt Bikes: $ 264,000 117,000 147,000 Variable manufacturing and selling expenses 482,000 441,000 206,000 199,000 Contribution margin 95,000 Fixed expenses: Advertising, traceable. 70,400 8,700 40,800 20,900 43,700 20,300 7,900 15,500 Depreciation of special equipment Salaries of product-line managers Allocated common fixed expenses" Total fixed expenses 114,700 40,100 38,900 35,700 52,800 81,000 50,800 184,600 413,400 121,900 168,600 122,900 Net operating income (loss). $ 27,600 $ 25,100 $ 30,400 $ (27,900) "Allocated on the basis of sales dollars. Management is concerned about the continued losses shown by the racing bikes and wants a recommendation as to whether or not the line should be discontinued. The special equipment used to produce racing bikes has no resale value and does not wear out Required: 1. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) per quarter of discontinuing the Racing Bikes? 2. Should the production and sale of racing bikes be discontinued? 3. Prepare a properly formatted segmented income statement that would be more useful to management in assessing the long-run profitability of the various product lines.
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Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Prepare a properly formatted segmented income statement that would be more useful to management in assessing the long-run profitability of the various product lines. Totals Dirt Bikes Mountain Bikes Racing Bikes 0 0 Contribution margin (loss) Traceable fixed expenses: Total traceable fixed expenses. 0 0 $ Product line segment margin (loss) Net operating income (loss) Required 3 $ < Required 2 0 0 0 0 $ 0 0 $ 0 0