QUESTION 10 Bell Company Common Size Income Statement Sales Cost of goods sold Gross Profit Rescarch and development Marketing general and administrative Operating profit nterest expensc Income before taxes Provision for taxes Net Inoome 100.0% 1 00.0% 46.5 8.3 15.4 40.6 12.6 294 4.5 3.6 7.2 3.4 5.2 1.0 Growth rates Sales 1.8% The large increase in net profit margin is a result of: The increase in income tax expense The increase in interest expense The increase in sales coupled with the decreases in all operating expenses. The increase in sales coupled with the increases in all operating expenses. QUESTION 11 Bell Company Common Size Income Statement 100.0% Sales Cost of goods sold Gross Profit Rescarch and development Marketing, general and administrative Operating profit Interest cxpensc Income before taxes Provision for taxes Net Income 100.0% 40.6 46.5 8.3 15.4 22.8 7.9 17.2 3.4 Growth rates 1.8% All of the following statements are true when analyzing the research and development expense for Bell Company except Reducing research and development expenses is a desired outcome for firms involved in these activities. If research and development expenses were reduced in order to increase profits, the ultimate outcome may detrimental to future sales growth. The large decline in research and development expenses should cause an analyst to investigate the causes of the decline If inefficiencies have been eliminated in the research and development area that is a good reason for this expense to decline