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Bovine Company, a wholesale distributor of DVDs, has been experiencing losses for some time, as shown by its most recent monthly contribution format income statement below:


Sales $ 1,579,000
Variable expenses 637,880


Contribution margin 941,120
Fixed expenses 1,035,000


Net operating loss $ (93,880)





In an effort to isolate the problem, the president has asked for an income statement segmented by geographic market. Accordingly, the Accounting Department has developed the following data:


Geographic Market

South Central North
Sales $ 409,000 $ 620,000 $ 550,000
Variable expenses as a percentage of sales 52 % 26 % 48 %
Traceable fixed expenses $ 291,000 $ 323,000 $ 191,000


Required:
1.

Prepare a contribution format income statement segmented by geographic market, as desired by the president. (Input all amounts as positive values except losses which should be indicated by a minus sign.)

Required:
1.

Prepare a contribution format income statement segmented by geographic market, as desired by the president. (Input all amounts as positive values except losses which should be indicated by a minus sign.)


Geographic Market

Total
Company
South Central North
$ $ $ $








$ $ $







$




2a.

The company

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