Please fill out the empty slots with questions marks in the image attached via an excel sheet screenshot, then using the data from the answers respond to the three questions listed below. Thank you.

$1.$ Please briefly explain how you calculated the Operating Profit for $2022($you can simply write the equation you used to calculate the number$)$:

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$2.$ Using the information contained in the Income Statement, briefly explain why even though revenue increased from $2021$ to $2022,$ net income actually stayed about the same. $($please be sure to use numbers and information from the income statement to support your answer$)$

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$3.$ Imagine you are an HR professional viewing the Income Statement with a division manager. The division manager states that the decrease in net income from $2022$ to $2023$ was due to a large increase in employee salary and benefit expenses. Due to this, the division manager would like to lay off some employees in order to reduce costs. How would you defend against the claim that employee salary and benefits are to blame by using the information provided in the Income Statement? $($please be sure to use numbers and information from the income statement to support your answer$)$