Last year hamdi corp. had sales of $500,000, operating costs of $450,000, and year-end assets (which is equal to its total invested capital) of $370,000. the debt-to-total-capital ratio was 17%, the interest rate on the debt was 7.5%, and the firm's tax rate was 25%. the new cfo wants to see how the roe would have been affected if the firm had used a 50% debt-to-total-capital ratio. assume that sales, operating costs, total assets, total invested capital, and the tax rate would not be affected, but the interest rate would rise to 8.0%. by how much would the roe change in response to the change in the capital structure? do not round your intermediate calculations. a. 2.46% b. 2.64% c. 3.21% d. 2.08% e. 2.01%

If you were running a company, what are at least two things you could do to improve its productivity.

Dahlia enterprises needs someone to supply it with 127,000 cartons of machine screws per year to support its manufacturing needs over the next five years, and you’ve decided to bid on the contract. it will cost you $940,000 to install the equipment necessary to start production; you’ll depreciate this cost straight-line to zero over the project’s life. you estimate that in five years, this equipment can be salvaged for $77,000. your fixed production costs will be $332,000 per year, and your variable production costs should be $11.00 per carton. you also need an initial investment in net working capital of $82,000. if your tax rate is 30 percent and your required return is 11 percent on your investment, what bid price should you submit? (do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

Acompany has $80,000 in outstanding accounts receivable and it uses the allowance method to account for uncollectible accounts. experience suggests that 6% of outstanding receivables are uncollectible. the current credit balance (before adjustments) in the allowance for doubtful accounts is $1,200. the journal entry to record the adjustment to the allowance account includes a debit to bad debts expense for $4,800. true or false