Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. All else equal, increasing the debt ratio will increase the ROA. b. If two firms have identical sales, interest rates paid, operating costs, and assets, but differ in the way they are financed, the firm with less debt will generally have the higher expected ROE. c. A firm that employs financial leverage will have a higher equity multiplier than an otherwise identical firm that has no debt in its capital structure. d. The use of debt financing will tend to lower the basic earning power ratio, other things held constant. e. The numerator used in the TIE ratio is earnings before taxes (EBT). EBT is used because interest is paid with post-tax dollars, so the firm's ability to pay current interest is affected by taxes.

12. nelson corporation, which has only one product, has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations: selling price $ 115 units in beginning inventory 380 units produced 5,900 units sold 6,070 units in ending inventory 210 variable costs per unit: direct materials $ 46 direct labor $ 27 variable manufacturing overhead $ 3 variable selling and administrative $ 12 fixed costs: fixed manufacturing overhead $ 112,100 fixed selling and administrative $ 36,420 the company produces the same number of units every month, although the sales in units vary from month to month. the company's variable costs per unit and total fixed costs have been constant from month to month. a. prepare a contribution format income statement for the month using variable costing. unit product cost under variable costing direct materials direct labor variable manufacturing overhead variable costing unit product cost (formula)

Buyer henry is going to accept seller shannon's $282,500 counteroffer. when will this counteroffer become a contract. a. counteroffers cannot become contracts b. when henry gives shannon notice of the acceptance c. when henry signs the counteroffer d. when shannon first made the counteroffer

John's pizzeria and equilibrium john is selling his pizza for $6 per slice in an area of high demand. however, customers are not buying his pizza. using what you learned about the principles of equilibrium, write three to four sentences about how john could solve his problem.