Lake Athletics has provided you with the Income Statements for two of its product lines for the year ended December 31. The Controller has asked you to perform the vertical analysis of the product lines and compare the two products. Use the information included in the Excel Simulation and the Excel functions described below to complete the task.

1 |Lake Athletics sells two distinct product lines: Apparel and Equipment. | 2 The income statement for each product line appears below. LAKE ATHLETICS Income Statement For the Year Ended December 31, 20X1 Apparel Equipment Amount Percent Amount Percent 9 Net sales $3,150,000 $5,550,000 10 Cost of goods sold 1,400,000 2,720,000 11 Gross profit 1,750,000 2,830,000 12 Operating expenses 800,000 875,000 13 Operating income 950,000 1,955,000 14 Other income 20,000 10,000 15 Income before tax 970,000 1,965,000 16 Income tax expense 241,250 491,000 17 Net income $728,750 $1,474,750 18 19 Required: 20 1. Use appropriate Excel formulas to perform vertical analysis and complete the "Percent" columns 21 for both product lines above. Express each amount as a percentage of net sales. 22 Note: You should use absolute references in the divisors of all formulas. 23 2. Use the Excel IF function and the completed vertical analysis above to answer each of the questions below: 25 26 Which product line has the highest gross profit %? Which product line has the highest net income %? 27