The financial manager has determined the following schedules for the cost of funds: debt ratio cost of debt cost of equity 0 % 4 % 11 % 5 4 11 10 4 11 15 4 11 20 4 13 25 6 15 30 8 17 determine the firm’s optimal capital structure. round your answer to two decimal places. the optimal capital structure consists of % debt resulting in the cost of capital equal to %. construct a simple pro forma balance sheet that shows the firm’s optimal combination of debt and equity for its current level of assets. round your answers to the nearest dollar. balance sheet assets $700 debt $ equity $ 700 an investment costs $500 and offers annual cash inflows of $186 for four years. should the firm make the investment? use appendix d to answer the question. round your answer to the nearest whole number. the investment be made since the internal rate of return that is % the cost of capital. if the firm makes this additional investment, how should its balance sheet appear? round your answers to the nearest dollar. balance sheet assets $ debt $ equity $ if the firm is operating with its optimal capital structure and a $500 asset yields 10.0 percent, what return will the stockholders earn on their investment in the asset? round your answer to two decimal places. %

During january 2018, the following transactions occur: january 1 purchase equipment for $20,600. the company estimates a residual value of $2,600 and a five-year service life. january 4 pay cash on accounts payable, $10,600. january 8 purchase additional inventory on account, $93,900. january 15 receive cash on accounts receivable, $23,100 january 19 pay cash for salaries, $30,900. january 28 pay cash for january utilities, $17,600. january 30 firework sales for january total $231,000. all of these sales are on account. the cost of the units sold is $120,500. the following information is available on january 31, 2018. depreciation on the equipment for the month of january is calculated using the straight-line method. the company estimates future uncollectible accounts. at the end of january, considering the total ending balance of the accounts receivable account as shown on the general ledger tab, $4,100 is now past due (older than 90 days), while the remainder of the balance is current (less than 90 days old). the company estimates that 50% of the past due balance will be uncollectible and only 3% of the current balance will become uncollectible. record the estimated bad debt expense. accrued interest revenue on notes receivable for january. unpaid salaries at the end of january are $33,700. accrued income taxes at the end of january are $10,100

In a small group, members have taken on the task roles of information giver, critic/analyzer, and recorder, and the maintenance roles of gatekeeper and follower. they need to fulfill one more role. which of the following would be most effective for their group dynamics? a dominator b coordinator c opinion seeker d harmonizer

At cooly cola, we are testing the appeal of our new diet one cola. in a taste test of 250 randomly chosen cola drinkers, 200 consumers preferred diet one cola to the leading brand. assuming that the sample were large enough, the large-sample 95% confidence interval for the population proportion of cola drinkers that prefer diet one cola would be: