The mortgage on your house is five years old. it required monthly payments of $ 1 comma 422, had an original term of 30 years, and had an interest rate of 8 % (apr). in the intervening five years, interest rates have fallen and so you have decided to refinancelong dashthat is, you will roll over the outstanding balance into a new mortgage. the new mortgage has a 30-year term, requires monthly payments, and has an interest rate of 6.625 % (apr).

Ms. sophia jones, the company president, has heard that there are multiple breakeven points for every product. she does not believe this and has asked you to provide the evidence of such a possibility. some information about the company for 2017 is as follows:

Ajax corp's sales last year were $435,000, its operating costs were $362,500, and its interest charges were $12,500. what was the firm's times-interest-earned (tie) ratio? a. 4.72b. 4.97c. 5.23d. 5.51e. 5.80

Afirm wants to strengthen its financial position. which of the following actions would increase its current ratio? a. reduce the company's days' sales outstanding to the industry average and use the resulting cash savings to purchase plant and equipment.b. use cash to repurchase some of the company's own stock.c. borrow using short-term debt and use the proceeds to repay debt that has a maturity of more than one year.d. issue new stock, then use some of the proceeds to purchase additional inventory and hold the remainder as cash.e. use cash to increase inventory holdings.