Companies hd and ld have the same total assets, sales, operating costs, and tax rates, and they pay the same interest rate on their debt. both firms finance using only debt and common equity, and total assets equal total invested capital. however, company hd has a higher total debt to total capital ratio. which of the following statements is correct? a. given this information, ld must have the higher roe. b. company ld has a higher basic earning power ratio (bep). c. company hd has a higher basic earning power ratio (bep). d. if the interest rate the companies pay on their debt is more than their basic earning power (bep), then company hd will have the higher roe. e. if the interest rate the companies pay on their debt is less than their basic earning power (bep), then company hd will have the higher roe.

Employees at a library check out books to patrons. books have an isbn and a name. the library sometimes has multiple copies of the same book. books have one or more authors. a patron is an individual who has an active (non-expired) library card. for each library card, we store the person's first and last names and their address. for each employee, we store their employee id, current salary, first and last name and their address. we also store the employee id of their current manager. each time we check out a book to a patron we need to store the date of the transaction, the employee who checked out the book to the patron, and the library card of the patron. some employees have library cards. if an employee patron turns in a book late, the fine that they pay is a percentage of their salary. some employees are authors who have library cards—they are allowed to check out as many books as they like.