Exercise 1-15 (Algo) Traditional and Contribution Format Income Statements [LO1-6] The Alpine House, Incorporated, is a large retailer of snow skis. The company assembled the information shown below for the quarter ended March 31: Amount Sales $ 968,000 Selling price per pair of skis $ 440 Variable selling expense per pair of skis $ 46 Variable administrative expense per pair of skis $ 17 Total fixed selling expense $ 140,000 Total fixed administrative expense $ 110,000 Beginning merchandise inventory $ 75,000 Ending merchandise inventory $ 105,000 Merchandise purchases $ 315,000 Required: Prepare a traditional income statement for the quarter ended March 31. Prepare a contribution format income statement for the quarter ended March 31. What was the cont