Prince Albert Canning PLC had a net loss of $46,731$ on sales of $199,252.$

a$.$ What was the company's profit margin? $($A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to $2$ decimal places, e$.$g$.,32\mathrm{.}16.)$

b$.$ In dollars, sales were $$316,483.$ What was the net loss in dollars? $($A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to $2$ decimal places, e$.$g$.,32\mathrm{.}16.)$

a$.$ Profit margin

$-23\mathrm{.}57\%$

b$.$ Net loss