Based on the current profit margin in part a., Dulaney would have to generate$enter your response herein additional sales in order to have the same effect on pretax earnings as a 15%

decrease in merchandise costs. (Enter your response rounded to the nearest dollar.)

Dulaney's Stores has posted the following yearly earnings and expenses. Click the icon to view the yearly data. a. Dulaney's current profit margin is \%. (Enter your response rounded to one decimal place.) Dulaney's current yearly ROA is \%. (Enter your response rounded to one decimal place.) b. Suppose COGS and merchandise inventory were each cut by 15%. The new pretax profit margin is \%. (Enter your response rounded to one decimal place.) The new ROA is \%. (Enter your response rounded to one decimal place.) c. Based on the current profit margin in part a., Dulaney would have to generate $ in additional sales in order to have the same effect on pretax earnings as a 15% decrease in merchandise costs. (Enter your response rounded to the nearest dollar.)