Grear tire company has produced a new tire with an estimated mean lifetime mileage of 36,500 miles. management also believes that the standard deviation is 5000 miles and that tire mileage is normally distributed. to promote the new tire, grear has offered to refund some money if the tire fails to reach 30,000 miles before the tire needs to be replaced. specifically, for tires with a lifetime below 30,000 miles, grear will refund a customer $1 per 100 miles short of 30,000. for each tire sold, what is the expected cost of promotion?

Companies hd and ld are both profitable, and they have the same total assets (ta), total invested capital, sales (s), return on assets (roa), and profit margin (pm). both firms finance using only debt and common equity. however, company hd has the higher total debt to total capital ratio. which of the following statements is correct? a) company hd has a higher assets turnover than company ld. b) company hd has a higher return on equity than company ld. c) none of the other statements are correct because the information provided on the question is not enough. d) company hd has lower total assets turnover than company ld. e) company hd has a lower operating income (ebit) than company ld