Aerosmith Industries manufactures basketballs. The budgeted income statement for the year, before any special orders, is as follows:

Amount Per Unit

Sales $4,000,000 $10.00

Cost of goods sold 3,200,000 8.00

Gross Profit 800,000 2.00

Selling expenses 300,000 .75

Operating income $500,000 $1.25

Fixed costs included in the above data are $1,200,000 in cost of goods sold and $100,000 in selling expenses.

A special order offering to buy 50,000 basketballs for $7.50 each was made to Aerosmith. There will be no additional selling expenses if the order is accepted. Assuming Aerosmith has enough capacity to manufacture 50,000 more basketballs, by what amount would operating income be increased or decreased as a result of accepting the special order? $ _____________________