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| | For-Profit | | Nonprofit |
| 1 | 20% of marketing expenses are fixed; the rest are variable; all other expenses are fixed | 1 | Ticket sales are low because the restricted government grants are to subsidize ticket prices just to children 12 and under. |
| 2 | Next year they plan to double their fixed marketing expenses and as a result will increase ticket sales by 25%. | 2 | It is expected that total children and adult traffic will increase 25% as the result of increased marketing expenses. |
| 3 | Gift shop sales vary directly with ticket sales; gift shop COGS is 50% of sales but is expected to grow to 55% of sales. | 3 | 20% of marketing expenses are fixed; the rest are variable; all other expenses are fixed |
| | | 4 | The adult:child ratio of visitors will remain the same as this year. |
| | | 5 | The fundraising effort will help pay for gift shop inventory such that COGS for the gift shop will drop from 50% to 40%. |
| | | 6 | Gift shop sales will continue to vary directly with ticket sales. |
| | | 7 | Next year they plan to double their fixed marketing expenses, and as a result will increase ticket sales by 25%. |
| | | 8 | To be able to subsidize the increase ticket sales they will have to double fundraising to $200,000. This will require an additional fundraising expense of $50,000 beyond this year's level, plus an additional $20,000 of salaries for additional headcount. |
| | | 9 | Due to the lower tax revenue of the city government from the recession, the museum's grant will be cut by half. |