The management accountant for the Martino Organics has prepared the following segmented income statement for the most current year.

	Produce	Fish & Meat	Sundries	Total
Sales	$80,000	$120,000	$60,000	$260,000
Variable expenses	36,000	65,000	20,000	121,000
Contribution margin	44,000	55,000	40,000	139,000
Other costs	18,000	21,000	8,000	47,000
Segment margin	26,000	34,000	32,000	92,000
Allocated avoidable costs	2,000	3,000	3,000	8,000
Segment income	24,000	31,000	29,000	84,000
Allocated corporate costs	7,000	7,000	7,000	21,000
Corporate profit	$17,000	$ 24,000	$ 22,000	$ 63,000

If the Produce department had been eliminated prior to this year, the company would have reported:

	A.	greater corporate profits.
	B.	the same amount of corporate profits.
	C.	less corporate profits.
	D.	resulting profits cannot be determined.