Campbell Boot Co. sells men's, women's, and children's boots. For each type of boot sold, it operates a separate department that has its own manager. The manager of the men's department has a sales staff of nine employees, the manager of the women's department has six employees, and the manager of the children's department has three employees. All departments are housed in a single store. In recent years, the children's department has operated at a net loss and is expected to continue to do so. Last year's income statements follow: Men's Women's Children's Department $ 460,000 (178,000) 282,000 (45,000) Department $640,000 Department $180,000 Sales Cost of goods sold Gross margin Department manager's salary Sales commissions (267,500) 372,500 (56,000) (110,200) (25,000) (98,875) 81,125 (25,000) (29,900) (25,000) (8,000) (79,600) (25,000) (8,000) Rent on store lease Store utilities (8,000) $ 173,300 124,400 (6,775) Net income (loss) Required a. Calculate the contribution margin. Determine whether to eliminate the children's department. b-1. Calculate the net income for the company as a whole with the children's department b-2. Confirm the conclusion you reached in Requirement a by preparing income statements for the company as a whole with and without the children's department. c. Eliminating the children's department would increase space available to display men's and women's boots. Suppose management estimates that a wider selection of adult boots would increase the store's net earnings by $36,000. Would this information affect the decision that you made in Requirement a? Required B2 Required A Required B1 Required C Calculate the contribution margin. Determine whether to elimin indicated by a minus sign.) Contribution to profit (loss) Should the children's department be eliminated? Required B1Required B2 Required C Required A Calculate the net income for the company as a whole with Net income (loss) Required B1 Required A Required C Required B2 Confirm the conclusion you reached in Requirement a by preparing inc without the children's department. Men's Company Total Women's Department Department Sales Cost of goods sold Gross margin Department manager's salary Sales commissions Rent on store lease Store utilities Net income (loss) Required A Required C Required B1 Required B2 Eliminating the children's department would increase space available management estimates that a wider selection of adult boots would i information affect the decision that you made in Requirement a? Will the decision made in Requirement a be affected