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[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Suresh Company reports the following segment (department) income results for the year.

	Department M	Department N	Department O	Department P	Department T	Total
Sales	$ 63,000	$ 35,000	$ 56,000	$ 42,000	$ 28,000	$ 224,000
Expenses
Avoidable	9,800	36,400	22,400	14,000	37,800	120,400
Unavoidable	51,800	12,600	4,200	29,400	9,800	107,800
Total expenses	61,600	49,000	26,600	43,400	47,600	228,200
Income (loss)	$ 1,400	$ (14,000)	$ 29,400	$ (1,400)	$ (19,600)	$ (4,200)

b. Compute the total increase in income if the departments with sales less than avoidable costs, as identified in part a, are eliminated.