Carol takes over as ceo of sandstorm jeans, a company on the verge of bankruptcy. she institutes radical changes and eliminates 35 percent of the positions. even after this, the remaining employees resist her ideas. this represent the stage; it is a time of testing.

Anew firm is developing its business plan. it will require $615,000 of assets, and it projects $450,000 of sales and $355,000 of operating costs for the first year. management is reasonably sure of these numbers because of contracts with its customers and suppliers. it can borrow at a rate of 7.5%, but the bank requires it to have a tie of at least 4.0, and if the tie falls below this level the bank will call in the loan and the firm will go bankrupt. what is the maximum debt ratio the firm can use? (hint: find the maximum dollars of interest, then the debt that produces that interest, and then the related debt ratio.)a. 41.94%b. 44.15%c. 46.47%d. 48.92%e. 51.49%

David consumes two things: gasoline (q 1) and bread (q 2). david's utility function is u(q 1, q 2)equals70q 1 superscript 0.5 baseline q 2 superscript 0.5. let the price of gasoline be p 1, the price of bread be p 2, and income be y. derive david's demand curve for gasoline. david's demand for gasoline is q 1equals nothing. (properly format your expression using the tools in the palette. hover over tools to see keyboard shortcuts. e.g., a subscript can be created with the _ character.)

Ski powder resort ends its fiscal year on april 30. the business adjusts its accounts monthly, but closes them only at year-end (april 30). the resort's busy season is from december 1 through march 31. adrian pride, the resort's chief financial officer, the museums a close watch on lift ticket revenue and cash. the balances of these accounts at the end of each of the last five months are as follows: