Acompany pursuing a focus strategy: select one: a. has a greater impact on costs and revenues. b. attempts to serve all market segments. c. produce different offerings for different segments. d. typically has more resources at its disposal than a differentiator does. e. concentrates on building market share in one market segment.

Lusk corporation produces and sells 14,300 units of product x each month. the selling price of product x is $25 per unit, and variable expenses are $19 per unit. a study has been made concerning whether product x should be discontinued. the study shows that $72,000 of the $102,000 in monthly fixed expenses charged to product x would not be avoidable even if the product was discontinued. if product x is discontinued, the annual financial advantage (disadvantage) for the company of eliminating this product should be: