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Millard Corporation is a wholesale distributor of office products. It purchases office products from manufacturers and distributes them in the West, Central, and East regions. Each of these regions is about the same size and each has its own manager and sales staff.

The company has been experiencing losses for many months. In an effort to improve performance, management has requested that the monthly income statement be segmented by sales region. The companys first effort at preparing a segmented income statement for May is given below.

Sales Region

West Central East
Sales $ 312,000 $ 804,000 $ 697,000
Regional expenses (traceable):
Cost of goods sold 99,000 242,000 313,000
Advertising 102,000 242,000 237,000
Salaries 57,000 55,000 115,000
Utilities 8,900 16,100 13,600
Depreciation 22,000 30,000 30,000
Shipping expense 16,000 26,000 45,000
Total regional expenses 304,900 611,100 753,600
Regional income (loss) before corporate expenses 7,100 192,900 (56,600 )
Corporate expenses:
Advertising (general) 17,000 41,000 33,000
General administrative expense 18,000 18,000 18,000
Total corporate expenses 35,000 59,000 51,000
Net operating income (loss) $ (27,900 ) $ 133,900 $ (107,600 )

The cost of goods sold and shipping expense are both variable. All other costs are fixed.

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3. Prepare a new contribution format segmented income statement for May. (Round percentage answers to 1 decimal place.) Percent in terms of total sales

Total Company West Central East
Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount %
Variable expenses:
Cost of goods sold
Shipping expense
Total variable expenses 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Traceable fixed expenses:
Total traceable fixed expenses 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
0 0.0 $0 0.0 $0 0.0 $0 0.0
Common fixed expenses:
Total common fixed expense 0 0.0
Net operating income (loss)

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