What will most likely occur if a company eliminates an unprofitable segment when a portion of fixed costs are unavoidable?

a) Net income will increase.
b) The company's variable costs will increase.
c) Net income will decrease.
d) All expenses of the eliminated segment will be eliminated.

Answer: c) Net income will decrease.

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The local grocery store consists of two cashiers. The customers arrive at the checkout according to the Poisson distribution and the service times are based on negative exponential distribution. The average customer service time is 4 minutes and the average time between the arrivals of successive customers is 3 minutes. Assume that customers equally divide themselves between the two cashiers.

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