More 10 3.440.000 363 pos $ 134,000 $3,000 10.099 Skice 197.000 243.000 Thalassines Xatsakoves, 5.1 Income Statement-lige Pump For the Quarter Unded March 11 Sales Variable expenses Variable manufacturing expenses Sales commissions Shipping Total variable expenses Contribution margin Tixed expen Advertising for the bulge pop product line) Depreciation of equipment (no cale valo) General factory overhead Salary of product line manager Insurance on inventories Purchasing department Total fixed expenses Het operating lone *Common costs allocated on the basis of machine hours Common costs allocated on the basis of sales dollars 20.000 104,000 34.000 111,000 13.000 $1,000 341,000 Discontinuing the bilge pump product line would not affect sales of other product lines and would have no effect on the company's total general factory overhead or total Purchasing Department expenses Required: What is the financial advantage disadvantage of discontinuing the bilge pump product line? SA