Prepare comparative income statements for the company as a whole under two alternatives: (1) the retention of segment a and (2) the elimination of segment

a.

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Explanation:

a.

All the items except the president salary are relevant to the segment A, because these costs are particularly for incurred for Seg. A. A a single unit the Segment A is making the profit of $11,000. Allocation of president salary is the major reason for the loss.

b.

Keeping Segment A makes is a more profitable decision than Eliminating the segment A. because share of president salary associated with segment A is allocated to other segments and Segment A was contributing $11,000 in  the president salary at break-even. This contribution is lost when we Eliminate the Segment A.

88 because 4 plus 4 equals 8. 40 plus 40 equals 80. 80 plus 8 equals 88

you have to put the parentheses like this:

in fact, you have to perform the operation inside parentheses first, and then proceed in order: