Procter and gamble company is a Cincinnati-based company that produces household products under Brands names as Gillette, Bounty, Crest, Folgers. The company´s 2006 income statement showed the following
Net Sales 68,222
Costs of products sold 33,125
Selling, general and adm expenses 21,848
Operating income $13,249
Suppose that the cost of products sold is the only variable cost, selling, general and administrative expenses are fixed with respect to sales
Assume that Procter and Gamble had a 10% increase in sales in 2007 and that there was no change in costs except for increases associated with the higher volume of sales, compute the predicted 2007 oparating income for procter and gamble its percentage increase. Explain why the percentage increase in income differs from the percentage increase in sales