Over the last 2 years, one region in Australia saw an increase across all 3 types of goods (grocery, electrical, clothing). After taking the time to understand why this region performed so well, the head of Australia believes that they can achieve the same average percentage increase in total sales next year across all regions in Australia. If operating expenses stayed the same, what impact would this have on Profit Before Tax (Australia in store only) in year 3?

please choose one answer from the following:

- profit before tax would increase by 7.60%

- Profit before tax would increase by 19.5%

- Profit before tax would increase by 25.85%

- profit before tax would increase by 26.55%

- profit before tax would increase by 35.32%

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GWE Profit and Loss for (Year 2) Australia in-store (42 stores) Asia Online (Excludes Australia) Australia online Europe Online USA Online Emillion Group Sales GWE Retail GWE Financial Revenue 38.2 77.4 33.2 110.5 53.9 29.0 82.9 43.1 100.6 143.7 39.8 92.8 132.6 38.2 Group Expenses Operating Expenses 9.9 46.4 35.6 48.8 53.0 Profit before tax 28.3 64.1 47.2 94.8 79.6 GWE Profit and Loss for (Year 1) Australia in-store (53 stores) Asia Online (Excludes Australia) USA Australia online Europe Online Online 45.9 Group Sales GWE Retail GWE Financial Revenue - 28.7 43.1 71.8 55.9 18.6 74.6 31.6 126.4 158.0 31.8 74.3 106.1 45.9 Group Expenses Operating Expenses 12.8 25.1 32.8 50.6 33.9 Profit before tax 33.1 46.7 41.8 107.4 72.2 GWE Retail: Australia In-store sales (Years 1 and 2) 6.0 5.0 5.1 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.0 13.7 3.5 Sales (million) 3.0 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.6 3.3 3.1 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.6 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.0 0.0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 1 Year 2 Year 1 Year 2 Grocery Electrical Clothing North South East West