The Southern Corporation has two divisions--East and West. The divisions have the following revenues and expenses:

	East	West
Sales	$	500,000		$	550,000
Variable costs		200,000			275,000
Traceable fixed costs		150,000			180,000
Allocated common corporate costs		135,000			170,000
Net operating income (loss)	$	15,000		$	(75,000	)

The management of Southern is considering the elimination of the West Division. If the West Division were eliminated, its traceable fixed costs could be avoided. Total common corporate costs would be unaffected by this decision. Given these data, the elimination of the West Division would result in an overall company net operating income (loss) of:

Select one:

a.

($75,000)

b.

($155,000)

c.

$15,000

d.

($60,000)