Thalassines kataskeves, S.A., of Greece makes marine equipment. The company has been experiencing losses on its bilge pump product line for several years. The most recent quarterly contribution format income statement for the bilge pump product line follows: $ 480,000 $ 124,000 51,000 23,000 Thalassines kataskeves, S.A. Income Statement-Bilge Pump For the Quarter Ended March 31 Sales Variable expenses Variable manufacturing expenses Sales commissions Shipping Total variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses Advertising (for the bilge pump product line) Depreciation of equipment (no resale value) General factory overhead Salary of product-line manager Insurance on inventories Purchasing department Total fixed expenses Net operating los 198,000 282,000 23,000 117,000 30,000 119,000 13,000 54,000+ 356,000 5 (74,000) *Common (indirect) costs allocated on the basis of machine hours. Common (indirect) costs allocated on the basis of sales dollars. Discontinuing the bilge pump product line would not affect sales of other product lines and would have no effect on the romany's total neneral factory overhead nr total Purchasinn Donartment ovnencec Thalassines kataskeves, S.A., of Greece makes marine equipment. The company has been experiencing losses on its bilge pump product line for several years. The most recent quarterly contribution format income statement for the bilge pump product line follows: $ 480,000 $ 124,000 51,000 23,000 Thalassines kataskeves, S.A. Income Statement-Bilge Pump For the Quarter Ended March 31 Sales Variable expenses Variable manufacturing expenses Sales commissions Shipping Total variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses Advertising (for the bilge pump product line) Depreciation of equipment (no resale value) General factory overhead Salary of product-line manager Insurance on inventories Purchasing department Total fixed expenses Net operating los 198,000 282,000 23,000 117,000 30,000 119,000 13,000 54,000+ 356,000 5 (74,000) *Common (indirect) costs allocated on the basis of machine hours. Common (indirect) costs allocated on the basis of sales dollars. Discontinuing the bilge pump product line would not affect sales of other product lines and would have no effect on the romany's total neneral factory overhead nr total Purchasinn Donartment ovnencec