the marketing manager would like to introduce sales commissions as an incentive for the sales staff. the marketing manager has proposed a commission of $11 per unit. in exchange, the sales staff would accept a decrease in their salaries of $65,000 per month. (this is the company's savings for the entire sales staff.) the marketing manager predicts that introducing this sales incentive would increase monthly sales by 300 units. what should be the overall effect on the company's monthly net operating income of this change?

Harris fabrics computes its predetermined overhead rate annually on the basis of direct labor-hours. at the beginning of the year, it estimated that 34,000 direct labor-hours would be required for the period’s estimated level of production. the company also estimated $599,000 of fixed manufacturing overhead expenses for the coming period and variable manufacturing overhead of $3.00 per direct labor-hour. harris's actual manufacturing overhead for the year was $768,234 and its actual total direct labor was 34,500 hours.required: compute the company's predetermined overhead rate for the year. (round your answer to 2 decimal places.)