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$\backslash$table$[[,,\backslash$table$[[$Audited$],[$Balance$],[\frac{10}{31}\frac{?}{2018}$ You are auditing payroll for the Harbor Creek Technologies company for the year ended October $31,2019.$ Included next are amounts from the client's trial balance,

along with comparative audited information for the prior year.

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Read the requirements.

Your comparison of the gross margin percent for James Drugs for the years $2016$

through $2019$ indicates a significant decline. This is shown by the

following information:

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The following additional information is obtained from independent

sources and the client's records as a means of investigating

the controller's explanations:

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Read the requirements.

Requirement a$.$ Evaluate the explanation provided by Allwright. Show calculations to support your conclusions.

Begin by computing the gross margin percentage for drug and nondrug sales for $2019$ through $2016.($Round your answers to the nearest tenth percent, XX$.$X$\%.)$