Assume the following data for cable corporation and multi-media inc.

cable corporation:
net income- $35,800
sales- 346,000
total assets- 449,000
total debt- 201,000
stockholders equity- 248,000
multi- media inc.
net income- $128,000
sales- 2,700,000
total assets- 929,000
total debt- 523,000
stockholders equity- 406,000



a) question: compute return on stockholders equity for both firms.
b) compute the following additional ratios for both firms.

a. net income/sales
b. net income/total
c. sales/total assets
d. debt/total assets

The green fiddle has declared a $5 per share dividend. suppose capital gains are not taxed, but dividends are taxed at 15 percent. new irs regulations require that taxes be withheld at the time the dividend is paid. green fiddle stock sells for $71.50 per share, and the stock is about to go ex-dividend. what will the ex-dividend price be?

Cadbury has a chocolate factory in dunedin, new zealand. for easter, it makes two kinds of “easter eggs”: milk chocolate and dark chocolate. it cycles between producing milk and dark chocolate eggs. the table below provides data on these two products. demand (lbs per hour) milk: 500 dark: 200 switchover time (minutes) milk: 60 dark: 30 production rate per hour milk: 800 dark: 800 for example, it takes 30 minutes to switch production from milk to dark chocolate. demand for milk chocolate is higher (500lbs per hour versus 200 lbs per hour), but the line produces them at the same rate (when operating): 800 lbs per hour. a : suppose cadbury produces 2,334lbs milk chocolate and 1,652 lbs of dark chocolate in each cycle. what would be the maximum inventory (lbs) of milk chocolate? b : how many lbs of milk and dark chocolate should be produced with each cycle so as to satisfy demand while minimizing inventory?

Adecision is made at the margin when each alternative considers