b. Compute the total increase in income if the departments with sales less than avoidable costs, as identified in part a, are eliminated.

1 Requlred Information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Suresh Company reports the following segment (department) income results for the year. o. If the company plans to eliminate departments that have sales less than avoidable costs, which department(s) would be eliminated? \begin{tabular}{|l|l|} \hline Department & \multicolumn{1}{|c|}{ Decision } \\ \hline Department M & Keep \\ \hline Department N & Eliminate \\ \hline Department O & Keep \\ \hline Department P & Keep \\ \hline Department T & Eliminate \\ \hline \end{tabular}