Gold nest company of guandong, china, is a family-owned enterprise that makes birdcages for the south china market. the company sells its birdcages through an extensive network of street vendors who receive commissions on their sales. all of the company's transactions with customers, employees, and suppliers are conducted in cash; there is no credit. the company uses a job-order costing system in which overhead is applied to jobs on the basis of direct labor cost. its predetermined overhead rate is based on a cost formula that estimated $115,000 of manufacturing overhead for an estimated activity level of $50,000 direct labor dollars. at the beginning of the year, the inventory balances were as follows:

Magic realm, inc., has developed a new fantasy board game. the company sold 15,000 games last year at a selling price of $20 per game. fixed expenses associated with the game total $182,000 per year, and variable expenses are $6 per game. production of the game is entrusted to a printing contractor. variable expenses consist mostly of payments to this contractor.required: 1-a. prepare a contribution format income statement for the game last year.1-b. compute the degree of operating leverage.2. management is confident that the company can sell 58,880 games next year (an increase of 12,880 games, or 28%, over last year). given this assumption: a. what is the expected percentage increase in net operating income for next year? b. what is the expected amount of net operating income for next year? (do not prepare an income statement; use the degree of operating leverage to compute your answer.)