A company needs to know if they should discontinue a product.

Product Stats:

Sales = $200,000

Variable costs = $125,000

Fixed costs = $50,000

Total cost of goods sold $175,000

Gross profit $25,000

Variable selling and admin. expenses $28,000

Fixed selling and admin. expenses $22,000

Total selling and admin. expenses $50,000

Income (loss) from operations $25,000

A

B

C

D

1

Differential Analysis

2

Continue Product (Alt. 1) or Discontinue Product (Alt. 2)

3

4

Continue
(Alternative 1)

Discontinue
(Alternative 2)

Differential Effect

on Income

(Alternative 2)

5

Revenues

6

Costs:

7

Variable cost of goods sold

8

Variable selling and admin. expenses

9

Fixed costs

10

Income (Loss)

Af?cAc‚¬”$25,000

Af?cAc‚¬”$???????

Af?cAc‚¬”$ ????????

I’m really confused how the Income (loss) for Alternative 1 ends up being $25,000. When I try I don’t end up with that number. Could you please show me what to do for the first column Alternative 1? I want to compare and see what I’m doing wrong, thanks.