7. The management accountant for Giada's Book Store has prepared the following income statement for the most current year: Cookbook Travel Book Classics Total Sales $65,000 $164,000 $55,000 $284,000 Cost of goods sold 37,000 67,000 20,000 124,000 Contribution margin 28,000 97,000 35,000 160,000 Order and delivery processing 21,000 25,000 11,000 57,000 Rent (per sq. foot used) 5,000 4,000 4,000 13,000 Allocated corporate costs 10,000 10,000 10,000 30,000 Corporate profit $ (8,000) $58,000 $10,000 $60,000 If the travel book line had been discontinued, corporate profits for the current year would have decreased by . A) $97,000 B) $72,000 C) $68,000 D) $58,000

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.