You are curlous as to how much Rhonda and Steve made in thelr business last year. You do not have all the data, but you know that most of thelr expenses relate to buylng the sweaters and having them monogrammed. You know they pald themselves $\backslash (\backslash$$ $50,000\backslash )$ each and you know the rent, utillitles, Insurance, and a benefit package for the business was about $\backslash$$$15,000.$

They are paying you $\backslash (\backslash$$ $41,000\backslash )$ and you expect your benefit package addition would be about $\backslash (\backslash$$ $1,000\backslash )$ per year. Assume that they order based on the aggregate forecast.

a$.$ what is the expected pre$-$tax profit for this year, after deducting salary and overhead? Use average forecast for each school. Assume sales materlalize per the average forecasts and the entire safety stock amount $($computed based on aggregate demand$)$ must be sold on EBay. $($Round your answer to the nearest dollar amount.$)$

Answer is complete but not entirely correct.

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$\backslash$hline Expected pre$-$tax profit & $\backslash (\backslash$$ $480,170\backslash$boldsymbol$\{\}\backslash )\backslash \backslash$

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b$.$ If they must pay $\backslash (50\backslash \%\backslash )$ in taxes after deducting thelr venture capital firm payment, how much do you expect thelr business cash to Increase this year? $($Round your answer to the nearest dollar amount.$)$

Answer is complete but not entirely correct.