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Identifying avoidable cost of a segmentSafar Corporation is considering the elimination of...

Identifying avoidable cost of a segment

Safar Corporation is considering the elimination of one of its segments. The segment incurs the following fixed costs. If the segment is eliminated, the building it uses will be sold.

Advertising expense

$ 80,000

Supervisory salaries

160,000

Allocation of companywide facility-level costs

49,000

Original cost of building

110,000

Book value of building

50,000

Market value of building

80,000

Maintenance costs on equipment

70,000

Real estate taxes on building

6,000

Required

Based on this information, determine the amount of avoidable cost associated with the segment.

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