Division A manufactures electronic circuit boards. The boards can be sold either to Division B...

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Division A manufactures electronic circuit boards. The boards can be sold either to Division B of the same company or to outside customers Last year, the following activity occurred in Division A Selling Price per circuit board $126 Production cost per circuit board $90 Number of circuit boards: Produced during the year 20.000 Sold to outside customers 16.000 Sold to Division B 4.000 Sales to Division B were at the same price as sales to outside customers The circuit boards purchased by Division B were used in an electronic instrument manufacturing by that division (one circuit board per instrument) Division B incurred $100 in additional cost per instrument and then sold the instruments for $300 each Assume that Division A's manufacturing capacity is 20.000 circuit boards, and demand from outside customers will remain at 16,000 units Next year, Division B wants to purchase 5,000 circuit boards from Division A rather than 4,000 Circuit boards of this type are not available from other sources If Division A decides to sell the extra 1,000 units to Division B. what impact if any will the decision have on the overall company's profits'? $ Increase/Decrease/No Change

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