The income statement for Orange Company is divided by its two product lines, juice and fruit, as follows:

	Juice	Fruit	Total
Sales revenue	$620,000	$298,000	$918,000
Variable costs	(455,000)	(241,000)	(696,000)
Contribution margin	$165,000	$57,000	$222,000
Fixed costs	(76,000)	(75,000)	(151,000)
Operating income (loss)	$89,000	$(18,000)	$71,000

Orange Company is considering eliminating the fruit product line. If this line is eliminated, Orange Company will be able to eliminate $73,000 of total fixed costs. By how much would this business decision increase operating income?

Group of answer choices

$73,000

$132,000

$57,000

$16,000