Accounting Question

Letterman Inc. operates a retail operation that purchases

and sells home entertainment products. The company purchases

all merchandise inventory on credit and uses a periodic inventory system.

The accounts payable account is used for recording inventory purchases only

; all other current liabilities are accrued in separate accounts.

You are provided with the following selected information for the fiscal

years 2007 through 2010, inclusive.

Instructions
(a) Calculate the missing amounts.
(b) Sales declined over the 3-year fiscal period, 2008–2010.

Does that mean that profitability necessarily also declined?

Explain, computing the gross profit rate and the profit margin

ratio for each fiscal year to help support your answer.

(Round to one decimalplace)