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Horizontal Analysis of the Income Statement Income statement data for Winthrop Company for two recent years ended December 31 are as follows: a. Prepare a comparative income statement with horizontal analysis, indicating the increase (decrease) for the current y required, round to one decimal place. Prepare a comparative income statement with horizontal analysis, indicating the increase (decrease) for the current year when compared with the previous required, round to one decimal place. b. The net income for Winthrop Company increased between years. This increase was the combined result of an percentage in cost of goods sold. The cost of goods sold increased at a n sales and a sales, thus causing the percentage increase in gross profit to be: than the percentage increase in sales