Gates Appliances has a return-on-assets (investment) ratio of 13 percent. a. If the debt-to-total-assets ratio is 25 percent, what is the return on equity? (Input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) b. If the firm had no debt, what would the return-on-equity ratio be? (Input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

How does your household gain from specialization and comparative advantage? (what is produced, what is not produced yet paid to a specialist to produce? )

You own 2,200 shares of deltona hardware. the company has stated that it plans on issuing a dividend of $0.42 a share at the end of this year and then issuing a final liquidating dividend of $2.90 a share at the end of next year. your required rate of return on this security is 16 percent. ignoring taxes, what is the value of one share of this stock to you today?

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%