Purple Hedgehog Forestry Corporation has generated earnings of $240,000,000. Its target capital structure consists of 60% equity and 40% debt. Its plans to spend $83,000,000 on capital projects over the next year and expects to finance this investment in the same proportion as its capital structure The company makes distributions in the form of dividends. Purple Hedgehog Forestry is considering using more equity and less debt in its capital structure. Which of these statements best describes how this will affect the firm's annual dividend, assuming that all other factors are held constant?

a. Purple Hedgehog Forestry will pay a smaller annual dividend if it goes forward with this decision.
b. Purple Hedgehog Forestry's annual dividend will be greater if it goes forward with this decision.

11.     before adding cream to a simmering soup, you need to a. simmer the cream. b. chill the cream. c. strain the cream through cheesecloth. d. allow the cream reach room temperature. student d   incorrect which answer is right?

The monthly demand equation for an electric utility company is estimated to be p equals 60 minus left parenthesis 10 superscript negative 5 baseline right parenthesis x, where p is measured in dollars and x is measured in thousands of killowatt-hours. the utility has fixed costs of $3 comma 000 comma 000 per month and variable costs of $32 per 1000 kilowatt-hours of electricity generated, so the cost function is upper c left parenthesis x right parenthesis equals 3 times 10 superscript 6 baseline plus 32 x. (a) find the value of x and the corresponding price for 1000 kilowatt-hours that maximize the utility's profit. (b) suppose that the rising fuel costs increase the utility's variable costs from $32 to $38, so its new cost function is upper c 1 left parenthesis x right parenthesis equals 3 times 10 superscript 6 baseline plus 38 x. should the utility pass all this increase of $6 per thousand kilowatt-hours on to the consumers?

Which of the following is not a benefit typically offered by employers? a. health insurance b. vacation pay c. retirement plans d. guaranteed raises