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Contribution Margin and Contribution Margin Ratio

For a recent year, McDonald$$s $($MCD$)$ company$-$owned restaurants had the following sales and expenses $($in millions$)$:

Sales$$17,600$Food and packaging$$(7,584)$Payroll$(4,400)$Occupancy $($rent$,$ depreciation, etc.$)(2,486)$General$,$ selling, and administrative expenses$(2,600)$$$(17,070)$Operating income$$530$

Assume that the variable costs consist of food and packaging, payroll, and $40\%$ of the general, selling, and administrative expenses.

a$.$What is McDonald's contribution margin? Round to the nearest million. $($Give answer in millions of dollars.$)$