13 2 points Thalassines Kataskeves, S.A., of Greece makes marine equipment. The company has been experiencing losses on its bilge pump product line for several years. The most recent quarterly contribution format income statement for the bilge pump product line follows: Thalassines Kataskeves, S.A. Income Statement-Bilge Pump eBook Print Sales For the Quarter Ended March 31 Variable manufacturing expenses Variable expenses: Sales commissions Shipping Total variable expenses Contribution margin References Fixed expenses: Advertising (for the bilge pump product line) Depreciation of equipment (no resale value) General factory overhead Salary of product-line manager Insurance on inventories Purchasing department Total fixed expenses Net operating loss *Common costs allocated on the basis of machine-hours. +Common costs allocated on the basis of sales dollars. $ 410,000 $ 125,000 43,000 16,000 184,000 226,000 28,000 100,000 45,000* 121,000 14,000 45,000+ 353,000 $ (127,000) Discontinuing the bilge pump product line would not affect sales of other product lines and would have no effect on the company's total general factory overhead or total Purchasing Department expenses. Required: What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the bilge pump product line? Check my work