Wingate Company, a wholesale distributor of electronic equipment, has been experiencing losses as shown by its most

recent monthly contribution format income statement:

In an effort to resolve the problem, the company wants to prepare an income statement segmented by division.

Accordingly, the Accounting Department provided the following information:

Required:

$2-$a$.$ The Marketing Department believes increasing the West Division's monthly advertising by $$30,000$ will increase that

division's sales by $11\%.$ Assuming these estimates are accurate, how much would the company's net operating income

increase $($decrease$)$ if the proposal is implemented?