Sinclair Manufacturing and Boswell Brothers Incorporated are both involved in the production of brick for the homebuilding industry. Their financial information is as follows:

Sinclair Boswell

Capital Structure

Debt @ $11\%$ $ $720,0000$

Common stock, $$10$ per share $480,000$ $ $1,200,000$

Total $ $1,200,000$ $ $1,200,000$

Common shares $48,000120,000$

Operating Plan:

Sales $(52,000$ units at $$20$ each$)$ $ $1,040,000$ $ $1,040,000$

Variable costs $832,000520,000$

Fixed costs $0302,000$

Earnings before interest and taxes $($EBIT$)$ $ $208,000$ $ $218,000$

The variable costs for Sinclair are $$16$ per unit compared to $$10$ per unit for Boswell.

If you combine Sinclair$$s capital structure with Boswell$$s operating plan, what is the degree of combined leverage?

Note: Round your answer to $2$ decimal places.

If you combine Boswell$$s capital structure with Sinclair$$s operating plan, what is the degree of combined leverage?

Note: Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

In part b$,$ if sales double, by what percentage will earnings per share $($EPS$)$ increase?

Note: Round your answer to the nearest whole percent.