Hicks Health Clubs, Inc., expects to generate an annual EBIT of $750,000 and needs to obtain financing for $1,200,000 of assets. Its tax bracket is 40%. If the firm uses short-term debt, its rate will be 7.5%, and if it uses long-term debt, its rate will be 9%. By how much will their earnings after taxes change if they choose the more aggressive financing plan instead of the more conservative plan

Hicks Health Clubs, Inc. earnings after taxes will change by minus $10,800 if they choose the more aggressive financing plan instead of the more conservative plan.

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a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.