(Leverage and EPS) You have developed the following pro forma income statement for your corporation:

Sales $45,766,000

Variable cost (22,774,000)

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Revenue before fixed costs $ 22,992,000

Fixed costs (9,278,000)

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EBIT $ 13,714,000

Interest expense (1,376,000)

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Earnings before taxes $ 12,333,000

Taxes (50%) (6,169,000)

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Net Income $ 6,169,000

It represents the most recent year's operations, which ended yeaterday. Your supervisor in the controller's office has just handed you a memorandum asking for written responses to the following questions:

a. If sales should increase by 30 percent, by what percent would earnings before interest and taxes and net income increase?

b. If sales should decrease by 30 percent, by what percent would earnings before interest and taxes and net income decrease?

c. If the firm were to reduce its reliance on debt financing such that interest expense were cut in half, how would this affect your answers to parts a and b?

(Round to two decimal places.)