Ken Yalters, the COO of FreshSkin, asked his cost management team for a product line profitability...

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Ken Yalters, the COO of FreshSkin, asked his cost management team for a product line profitability analysis for his firm's two products - Askin and Bskin. The two products are skin care products that require a large amount of research and development and advertising. He received the report below. Ken concluded that Askin was the more profitable product, and that perhaps cost-cutting measures should be applied to the Bskin product. Askin Bskin Total $ 4,005,000 $ 2,602,500 ( 2,105,000) $ 6,607,500 ( 4,707,500) $ 1,900,000 Sales Cost of goods sold (2,602,500) Gross profit $ 1,402,500 497,500 Research and development (1,175,000) Selling expenses (132,500) Profit before taxes $ 592,500 Seventy-five percent of the research and development and selling expenses were traceable to Askin. Profit before taxes for the Bskin product, per life-cycle income statements, is: Ken Yalters, the COO of FreshSkin, asked his cost management team for a product line profitability analysis for his firm's two products - Askin and Bskin. The two products are skin care products that require a large amount of research and development and advertising. He received the report below. Ken concluded that Askin was the more profitable product, and that perhaps cost-cutting measures should be applied to the Bskin product. Askin Bskin Total $ 4,005,000 $ 2,602,500 ( 2,105,000) $ 6,607,500 ( 4,707,500) $ 1,900,000 Sales Cost of goods sold (2,602,500) Gross profit $ 1,402,500 497,500 Research and development (1,175,000) Selling expenses (132,500) Profit before taxes $ 592,500 Seventy-five percent of the research and development and selling expenses were traceable to Askin. Profit before taxes for the Bskin product, per life-cycle income statements, is:

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