A retail company has two departments, indoor and outdoor. The company's most recent monthly contribution format income statement is presented below.
Total Outdoor Indoor
- Sales $4,800,000 $1,200,000 $3,600,000
- Variable Expenses 1,800,000 400,000 1,400,000
- Contribution Margin 3,000,000 800,000 2,200,000
- Fixed expenses 2,800,000 1,000,000 1,800,000
Net operating income (loss) $200,000 $(200,000) $400,000
A study indicates that $400,000 of the fixed expenses being charged to the Outdoor department are sunk costs, or allocated costs that will continue even if the Outdoor department is dropped. In addition, the elimination of the Outdoor department would resuld in a 10% decrease in the sales of the Indoor department.Ignore the impact of income taxes in your calculation.If the Outdoor deparment is dropped, what will be the effect on the net operating income of the company as a whole?