Firm ab and firm yz are identical except for their debt-to-total-assets ratios (d/tas) and interest rates on debt. each has $200,000 in assets, $40,000 ebit, and a 40 percent marginal tax rate. firm ab has a d/ta ratio of 40 percent and pays 7.5 percent interest on its debt, whereas yz has a 60 percent interest on its debt and pays 10 percent interest on debt. each firm has 5,000 shares of common stock outstanding. calculate each firm's eps and roe (roe = net income/equity). discuss your results.

Your uncle borrows $53,000 from the bank at 11 percent interest over the nine-year life of the loan. use appendix d for an approximate answer but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. what equal annual payments must be made to discharge the loan, plus pay the bank its required rate of interest

Oerstman, inc. uses a standard costing system and develops its overhead rates from the current annual budget. the budget is based on an expected annual output of 120,000 units requiring 480,000 direct labor hours.(practical capacity is 500,000 hours)annual budgeted overhead costs total $772,800, of which $556,800 is fixed overhead. a total of 119,300 units, using 478,000 direct labor hours, were produced during the year. actual variable overhead costs for the year were $260,400 and actual fixed overhead costs were $555,450.required: 1. compute the fixed overhead spending variance and indicate if favorable or unfavorable.2. compute the fixed overhead volume variance and indicate if favorable or unfavorable.

Paying attention to the purpose of her speech, which questions can she eliminate? a. 1 and 2 b. 3 c. 2 and 4 d. 1-4