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: Thalassines Kataskeves, S.A. Income Statement-Bilge Pump For the Quarter Ended March 31 Sales Variable expenses: $ 490,000 Variable manufacturing expenses Sales commissions Shipping $ 126,000 44,000 21,000 Total variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses: 191,000 299,000 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 29,000 104,000 47,000 114,000 14,000 42,000t 350,000 $ (51,000) Total fixed expenses Net operating loss *Common costs allocated on the basis of machine-hours tCommon 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 company's total general factory overhead or total Purchasing Department expenses