O'Neil Enterprises produces a line of canned soups for sale at supermarkets across the country. Demand has been "soft" recently and the company is operating at 80 percent of capacity. The company is considering dropping one of the soups, beef barley, in hopes of Improving profitability. If beef barley is dropped, the revenue associated with It will be lost and the related variable costs saved. The CFO estimates that the fixed costs will also be reduced by 25 percent. The following product line statements are available. Product Sales Variable costs Contribution margin Fixed costs allocated to each product line Operating profit (loss) Minestrone $53,300 41,500 Broth $34,800 22,700 $12,100 6,100 Beef Barley $44,900 40,000 $ 4,900 7,400 $11,800 8,500 $ 3,300 $ 6,000 $ 2,500 Required: a-1. Complete the following differential cost schedule. a-2. From an operating profit perspective, should O'Neill drop the beef barley line? b. When the product manager for the minestrone soup hears that managers are considering dropping the beef barley line, she points out that many O'Nell customers buy more than one soup flavor and if beef barley is not available from O'Neil, some of them might stop buying the other soups as well. She estimates that 10 percent of the current sales of both broth and minestrone will be lost if beef barley is dropped. b-1. Complete the following differential cost schedule. b-2. Based on the estimate from the project manager, should O'Nell drop the beef barley line? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.