# The following information is for X Company's two products - A and B: Product A Product B Total...

## Question:

The following information is for X Company's two products - A and B:

 Product A Product B Total contribution margin $41,760$37,800 Contribution margin rate 48% 42% Fixed costs $54,830$26,510 Profit $13,070$11,290

10% of Product A's fixed costs are allocated; 20% of Product B's fixed costs are allocated. The unallocated fixed costs are directly related to individual products.

The company is considering dropping Product A because of the $13,070 loss. If X Company drops A, it will use the freed-up resources to increase sales of Product B by$14,800, but there will be additional fixed costs of $2,000. If X Company drops A, firm profits will change by _____. ## Relevant Costing: Relevant costing is a part of costing analysis which deals with the evaluation of decisions involving the introduction of new processes or products or dissonance of existing products. It classifies the cost into three categories. 1. relevant: directly used in the analysis 2. irrelevant: indirectly used 3. sunk cost: not used ## Answer and Explanation: Become a Study.com member to unlock this answer! Create your account If company X stops the production of A, then: 1. It will lose the existing contribution margin from A =$41760.
2. It will save unallocated or directly...

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