The Sortation shift has just started and the Sort Area Manager, Jason, has begun labor tracking the associates. Unfortunately, Jason missed labor tracking two associates who were staffed to pick to buffer. If the expected pick to buffer rate is $300$ and the flow rate is $7800$ per hour over a $6\mathrm{.}5$ hour belt run time, what would be the appropriate headcount for pick to buffer, and how might the actual rate be impacted if the labor tracking error is not caught by the end of the shift?

There should be $26$ pick to buffer associates, and the actual labor rate would be artificially inflated to $325$

There should be $26$ pick to buffer associates, and the actual labor rate would be artificially deflated to $278\mathrm{.}57$

There should be $28$ pick to buffer associates, and the actual labor rate would be artificially inflated to $325$

There should be $28$ pick to buffer associates, and the actual labor rate would be artificially inflated to $281\mathrm{.}67$