Division A manufactures electronic circuit boards that can be sold to Division B of the same company or to outside customers. Last year, the following activity occurred in Division A:

Selling price per circuit board $

Variable cost per circuit board $

Number of circuit boards:

Produced during the year

Sold to outside customers

Sold to Division B

Sales to Division B were at the same price as sales to outside customers. The circuit boards purchased by Division B were used in an electronic instrument manufactured by that division one board per instrument Division B incurred $ in additional variable cost per instrument and then sold the instruments for $ each.

Required:

Calculate the net operating incomes earned by Division A Division B and the company as a whole.

Assume Division As manufacturing capacity is circuit boards. Next year, Division B wants to purchase circuit boards from Division A rather than Circuit boards of this type are not available from outside sources. From the standpoint of the company as a whole, should Division A sell the additional circuit boards to Division B or continue selling them to outside customers?