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Angie Silva has recently opened The Sandal Shop in Brisbane, Australia, a store that specializes in fashionable sandals. In time, she hopes to open a chain of sandal shops. As a first step, she has gathered the following data for her new store:

Sales price per pair of sandals $ $32$

Variable expenses per pair of sandals $16$

Contribution margin per pair of sandals $ $16$

Fixed expenses per year:

Building rental $ $6,400$

Equipment depreciation $8,000$

Selling $4,800$

Administrative $12,800$

Total fixed expenses $ $32,000$

$5.$ Refer to the original data. During the first year, the store sold only $3,000$ pairs of sandals and reported the following operating results:

Sales $(3,000$ pairs$)$ $ $96,000$

Variable expenses $48,000$

Contribution margin $48,000$

Fixed expenses $32,000$

Net operating income $ $16,000$

a$.$ What is the store$$s degree of operating leverage?

b$.$ Angie is confident that with a more intense sales effort and with a more creative advertising program she can increase unit sales by $50\%$ next year. Using the degree of operating leverage, what would be the expected percentage increase in net operating income if Angie is able to increase unit sales by $50\%?$