Exercise 11-2 Dropping or Retaining a Segment [LO11-2] The Regal Cycle Company manufactures three types of bicycles-a dirt bike, a mountain bike, and a racing bike. Data on sales and expenses for the past quarter follow: Total Dirt Mountain Bikes Bikes Racing Bikes Sales Variable manufacturing and selling expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses: Advertising, traceable Depreciation of special equipment Salaries of product-line managers Allocated common fixed expenses Total fixed expenses Net operating income (loss) "Allocated on the basis of sales dollars. $933,000 $267,000 $409,000 $ 257,000 471,000 116,000 204,000 151,000 462,000 151,000 205,000 106,000 70,100 9,000. 40,400 20,700 43,700 20,300 7,800 15,600 114,700 40,600 38,700 35,400 186,600 53,400 415,100 123,300 81,800 168,700 51,400 123,100 $ 46,900 $ 27,700 $ 36,300 $(17,100) Management is concerned about the continued losses shown by the racing bikes and wants a recommendation as to whether or not the line should be discontinued. The special equipment used to produce racing bikes has no resale value and does not wear out. Required: 1. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) per quarter of discontinuing the racing bikes? 2. Should the production and sale of racing bikes be discontinued? 3. Prepare a properly formatted segmented income statement that would be more useful to management in assessing the long-run profitability of the various product lines. hantering your answers in the tahe helow.