A service company has the following financial information (in millions of $) Sales $ 510 Cost of outsourced facilitating goods 210 Cost of in-house services provided 199 Administrative costs 77 Pretax earnings 24 (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round answers to 1 decimal place.)

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A service company has the following financial information (in millions of $)
 

     
Sales $ 510
Cost of outsourced facilitating goods   210
Cost of in-house services provided   199
Administrative costs   77
Pretax earnings   24
 


(Do not round intermediate calculations. Round answers to 1 decimal place.)


a. What is the profit leverage effect of reducing the cost of the facilitating goods in this company? The correct answer is 21.3

b. It has been suggested that the in-house services costs could be reduced by 10 percent in the coming year by implementing lean systems. What effect would this have on earnings increase in percentage? The correct answer is 82.9% 

c. What is the profit leverage effect of in-house services relative to profits?  I NEED ANSWER TO THIS QUESTIONS PLEASE THANK YOU

 

 

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