Black, Inc. is a calendar-year corporation whose financial statements for 2014 and 2015 included errors as follows:

Year Ending Inventory Depreciation Expense

2014 $162,000 overstated $135,000 overstated

2015 64,000 understated 45,000 understated

Assume that purchases were recorded correctly and that no correcting entries were made at December 31, 2014, or at December 31, 2015. Ignoring income taxes, by how much should Black's retained earnings be retroactively adjusted at January 1, 2016?

Anew firm is developing its business plan. it will require $615,000 of assets, and it projects $450,000 of sales and $355,000 of operating costs for the first year. management is reasonably sure of these numbers because of contracts with its customers and suppliers. it can borrow at a rate of 7.5%, but the bank requires it to have a tie of at least 4.0, and if the tie falls below this level the bank will call in the loan and the firm will go bankrupt. what is the maximum debt ratio the firm can use? (hint: find the maximum dollars of interest, then the debt that produces that interest, and then the related debt ratio.)a. 41.94%b. 44.15%c. 46.47%d. 48.92%e. 51.49%