Elite Company had originally expected to earn operating income of $140,000 in the coming year. Elite's degree of operating leverage is 2.6. Recently, Elite revised its plans and now expects to increase sales by 25% next year. What is the percent change in operating income expected by Elite in the coming year

Harris fabrics computes its predetermined overhead rate annually on the basis of direct labor-hours. at the beginning of the year, it estimated that 34,000 direct labor-hours would be required for the period’s estimated level of production. the company also estimated $599,000 of fixed manufacturing overhead expenses for the coming period and variable manufacturing overhead of $3.00 per direct labor-hour. harris's actual manufacturing overhead for the year was $768,234 and its actual total direct labor was 34,500 hours. required: compute the company's predetermined overhead rate for the year. (round your answer to 2 decimal places.)