Question

Bendel Incorporated has an operating leverage of 7.3. If the company's sales volume increases by 3%, its net operating income should increase by about:

Answer 1

Answer:

21.9%

Explanation:

Given that

Operating leverage = 7.3

Increase in sales  = 3%

According to the given situation, the computation of net operating income is shown below:-

Increase in operating income  = Operating leverage × Increase in sales

= 7.3 × 3 %

= 21.9%

Therefore for computing the increase in operating income we simply applied the above formula.