Flo's Flowers has annual sales of $61,888, depreciation of $8,100, interest paid of $970, cost of goods sold of $29,400, taxes of $4,918, and dividends paid of $4,810. The firm has total assets of $105,300 and total debt of $51,600. The firm does not want any additional external equity financing and also wants to maintain a constant debt-equity ratio.
What rate of growth can this firm maintain?

"jake’s roof repair has provided the following data concerning its costs: fixed cost per month cost per repair-hour wages and salaries $ 20,900 $ 15.00 parts and supplies $ 7.70 equipment depreciation $ 2,800 $ 0.35 truck operating expenses $ 5,720 $ 1.60 rent $ 4,690 administrative expenses $ 3,850 $ 0.50 for example, wages and salaries should be $20,900 plus $15.00 per repair-hour. the company expected to work 2,600 repair-hours in may, but actually worked 2,500 repair-hours. the company expects its sales to be $47.00 per repair-hour. required: compute the company’s activity variances for may."