Boots Plus has two product lines: Hiking boots and Fashion boots. Income statement data for the most recent year follow:

	Total	Hiking	Fashion
Sales revenue	$ 520 comma 000$520,000	$ 380 comma 000$380,000	$140,000
Variable expenses	395 comma 000395,000	275 comma 000275,000	120,000
Contribution margin	125 comma 000125,000	105 comma 000105,000	20,000
Fixed expenses	81 comma 00081,000	40 comma 50040,500	40 comma 50040,500
Operating income (loss)	$44 comma 00044,000	$ 64 comma 500$64,500	$( 20 comma 500 )$(20,500)

If

$ 25 comma 000$25,000

of fixed costs will be eliminated by discontinuing the Fashion line, how will operating income be affected?

A.

Increase $ 49 comma 000$49,000

B.

Increase $ 93 comma 000$93,000

C.

Decrease $ 45 comma 500$45,500

D.

Increase $ 5 comma 000