Little Cory Corporation is considering dropping product G41O. Data from the company's accounting system appear below:

Sales......................$450,000

Variable expenses.....$185,000

Fixed manufacturing expenses...$149,000

Fixed selling and administrative expenses...$113,000.....

All fixed expenses of the company are fully allocated to products in the company's accounting system. Further investigation has revealed that $117,000 of the fixed manufacturing expenses and $46,000 of the fixed selling and administrative expenses are avoidable if product G41O is discontinued.

Required:

a. According to the company's accounting system, what is the net operating income earned by product G41O?

b. What would be the effect on the company's overall net operating income of dropping product G41O? Should the product be dropped?

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