The Museum of Science is preparing for its annual appreciation dinner for contributing members. Last...

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The Museum of Science is preparing for its annual appreciation dinner for contributing members. Last year, 550 members attended the dinner. Tickets for the dinner were $30 per
attendee. The profit report for last year's dinner follows.
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This year the dinner committee does not want to lose money on the dinner. To help achieve its goal, the committee analyzed last year's costs. Of the $16,900 cost of the dinner,
$7,000 were fixed costs and $9,900 were variable costs. Of the $3,000 cost of invitations and paperwork, $2,175 were fixed and $825 were variable.
Read the requirements.
Requirement 1. Prepare last year's profit report using the contribution margin format. (Use parentheses or a minus sign when entering losses.)
Data table
Ticket sales
Cost of dinner
Gross margin
Invitations and paperwork
$
16,500
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