The Alpine House, Incorporated, is a large retailer of snow skis. The company assembled the information shown below for the quarter ended March $31$:

Amount

Sales $ $990,000$

Selling price per pair of skis $ $450$

Variable selling expense per pair of skis $ $47$

Variable administrative expense per pair of skis $ $18$

Total fixed selling expense $ $145,000$

Total fixed administrative expense $ $125,000$

Beginning merchandise inventory $ $70,000$

Ending merchandise inventory $ $100,000$

Merchandise purchases $ $320,000$

$1.$ Prepare a traditional income statement for the quarter ended March $31.$

$2.$ Prepare a contribution format income statement for the quarter ended March $31.$

$3.$ What was the contribution margin per unit?