Blossom Horticulture provides and maintains live plants in office buildings. The company's 896 customers are charged $35 per month for this service, which includes weekly watering visits. The variable cost to service a customer's location is $19 per month. The company incurs $2,030 each month to maintain its fleet of four service vans and $3,088 each month in salaries. Blossom pays a bookkeeping service $2 per customer each month to handle all invoicing and accounting functions. (a) Prepare Blossom's contribution format income statement for the month. $ $ $ $ Prepare Blossom's contribution format income statement for the month. $ GA $ +A $ Per Unit $ $ What is the expected monthly operating income if 214 customers are added? Operating income $ eTextbook and Media Save for Later Attempts: 0 of 3 used Submit Answer (c) Mr. Blossom is exploring options to reduce the annual bookkeeping costs. Option 1: Renegotiate the current contract with the bookkeeping service to pay a flat fee of $10,389 per year plus $1 per customer per month. Option 2: Hire a part-time bookkeeper for $19,322 per year to handle the invoicing and simple accounting. He would need to pay $5,000 per year to have taxes and year-end financial statements prepared. Compare the current bookkeeping cost with the two options at customer levels of 896, 1,665, and 1,688. Current cost Option 1 Option 2 +A $ 896 +A GA 1,665 GA GA $ GA 1,688