In an effort to increase business in 2016, Float My Boat (a company that providesboat rentals) decided to discount its prices. Following is financial information from2015 and 2016. Note that wages for service workers increased in 2016. Round totwo decimal places.20162015Revenue$1,000,000$900,000Payroll and related expenses$800,000$650,000a) Calculate labour cost margin for each year.B) Give possible reasons as to why revenue and labour cost margin are different fromone year to the next.

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n an effort to increase business in 2016, Float My Boat (a company that provides poạt rentals) decided to discount its prices. Following is financial information from 2015 and 2016. Note that wages for service workers increased in 2016. Round to wo decimal places. 2016 2015 Revenue $1,000,000 $900,000 Payroll and related expenses $800,000 $650,000 a) Calculate labour cost margin for each year. 3) Give possible reasons as to why revenue and labour cost margin are different from pne year to the next.

n an effort to increase business in 2016, Float My Boat (a company that provides poạt rentals) decided to discount its prices. Following is financial information from 2015 and 2016. Note that wages for service workers increased in 2016. Round to wo decimal places. 2016 2015 Revenue $1,000,000 $900,000 Payroll and related expenses $800,000 $650,000 a) Calculate labour cost margin for each year. 3) Give possible reasons as to why revenue and labour cost margin are different from pne year to the next.

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