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Go to Microsoft Corporation?s Web site at http://www.microsoft.com and click on the ?Investor Relations? area under ?About Microsoft.? Select the menu item ?Stock Info and Analysis.? Select the ?What-if?? tool. With this tool, use horizontal and vertical information to create a full-year projection of the Microsoft income statement. Make the following assumptions:
Revenue growth ............ 12%
Cost of goods sold as a percent of revenue . 15%
Research and development growth .... 10%
Sales and marketing as a percent of sales .. 18%
General and administrative as a percent of sales 6%
Tax rate ................ 32%
Diluted shares outstanding ........ 12,000