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How many moles of neon (Ne) are there in 5.805 g of Ne? Round your final answer to 4 significant figures.    

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Thalassines Kataskeves, S.A., of Greece makes marine equipment. The company has been experiencing losses on its bilge pump product line for several years. The most recent quarterly contribution format income statement for the bilge pump follows:

Thalassines Kataskeves, S.A. Income Statement—Bilge Pump For the Quarter Ended March 31 Sales   $ 460,000 Variable expenses:     Variable manufacturing expenses $ 132,000   Sales commissions 55,000   Shipping 20,000   Total variable expenses   207,000 Contribution margin   253,000 Fixed expenses:     Advertising (for the bilge pump product line) 26,000   Depreciation of equipment (no resale value) 110,000   General factory overhead 41,000*   Salary of product-line manager 114,000   Insurance on inventories 9,000   Purchasing department 50,000†   Total fixed expenses   350,000 Net operating loss   $ (97,000)

*Common costs allocated on the basis of machine-hours.

†Common costs allocated on the basis of sales dollars.

Discontinuing the bilge pump would not affect sales of other product lines and would have no effect on the company’s total general factory overhead or total Purchasing Department expenses.

Required:

What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the bilge pump?