The most recent income statement for the Chicago Branch of Illinois State Bank is presented below: Sales $65,000 Variable costs 32,000 Contribution margin 33,000 Avoidable fixed costs 14,000 Unavoidable fixed costs 22,000 Operating loss $(3,000) Illinois State Bank is thinking about eliminating the Chicago Branch. If the branch is eliminated, Illinois State Bank's operating income will .

The cook corporation has two divisions--east and west. the divisions have the following revenues and expenses: east west sales $ 603,000 $ 506,000 variable costs 231,000 300,000 traceable fixed costs 151,500 192,000 allocated common corporate costs 128,600 156,000 net operating income (loss) $ 91,900 $ (142,000 ) the management of cook 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)