Suppose that sales are $5\%$ higher as snown below:

$\backslash$table$[[,$A$,$B$],[1,$Chapter $1$: Applying Excel,,$],[2,,,],[3,$Data,,$],[4,$Sales,,$96,600],[5,$Variable costs:,$$,48,300],[6,$Cost of goods sold,$$,4,830],[7,$Variable selling,$$,4,620],[8,$Variable administrative,,$],[9,$Fixed costs:,$$,2,500],[10,$Fixed selling,$$,1,500],[11,$Fixed administrative,,$]]$

Enter these new data into your worksheet. Make sure you enter all of the new data $-$ not just the sales.

a$.$ What is the gross margin now?

b$.$ What is the net operating income now?

c$.$ What is the contribution margin now?

d$.$ When sales increase by $5\%,$ which of the following should also increase by $5\%$ in a merchandising company?

e$.$ When sales increase by $5\%,$ which of the following should increase by more than $5\%$ in a merchandising company? Required one a what is the gross margin now required one B what is the net operating income now required one C what is the contribution margin now required to a what is the gross margin now required to be what is the net operating income required to see what is the contribution margin required to D when sales increased by $5\%$ which of the following she also increased by $5\%$ in a merchandising company either variable cost fix cost gross margin contribution margin or the operating income required to eat when sales increase by $5\%$ which of the following should increase by more than $5\%$ and merchandising company either variable cost fixed cause gross margin contribution margin or not operating income for required to D and TE