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Use the Partial Income Statement Below to Answer the Following

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Use the partial income statement below to answer the following group of questions
 Actual  Budget  Difference  Revenue from Sales $65000$5500018% Sales Discounts 50002000150% Net Sales 600005300013% Advertising 40001000300% Cost of Goods Sold 250002800011% Sales Commissions 60003000100% Other Expenses 400040000% Total Expenses 39000360008% Net Income 210001700024\begin{array} { l r r r } & \text { Actual } & \text { Budget } & \text { Difference } \\\text { Revenue from Sales } & \$ 65000 & \$ 55000 & 18 \% \\\text { Sales Discounts } & - 5000 & - 2000 & 150 \% \\\text { Net Sales } & 60000 & 53000 & 13 \% \\\text { Advertising } & 4000 & 1000 & 300 \% \\\text { Cost of Goods Sold } & 25000 & 28000 & - 11 \% \\& & & \\\text { Sales Commissions } & 6000 & 3000 & 100 \% \\\text { Other Expenses } & 4000 & 4000 & 0 \% \\\text { Total Expenses } & 39000 & 36000 & 8 \% \\& & & \\\text { Net Income } & \mathbf { 2 1 0 0 0 } & \underline { \mathbf { 1 7 0 0 0 } } & \mathbf { 2 4 }\end{array}
-From these results, you might conclude -


A) increased advertising expenditures contributed to better performance
B) sales commissions were a successful incentive to improve sales results
C) discount sales terms encouraged more customers to buy
D) all of the above conclusions are consistent with the results

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