It costs Homer's Manufacturing $0.65 to produce baseballs and Homer sells them for $4.00 a piece. Homer pays a sales commission of 5% of sales revenue to his sales staff. Homer also pays $16,000 a month rent for his factory and store, and also pays $81,000 a month to his staff in addition to the commissions. Homer sold 69,500 baseballs in June. If Homer prepares a traditional income statement for the month of June, what would be his gross profit?

A.

$278,000

B.

$45,175

C.

$323,175

D.

$232,825