Emron Inc. currently has 700,000 shares of common stock outstanding. Emron Inc. is considering these two alternatives to finance its construction of a new $2.00 million plant: 1. Issuance of 200,000 shares of common stock at the market price of $10 per share. 2. Issuance of $2.00 million, 6% bonds at face value. (a)Complete the table. (Round earnings per share to 2 decimal places, e. g. $2.66.)

Issue Stock Issue Bonds

Income before interest and taxes $1,500,000 $1,500,000

Interest expense from bonds 0 120,000

Income before income taxes

Income tax expense (30%)

Net income $ $

Outstanding shares 700,000

Earnings per share $ $

(b) Indicate which alternative is preferable.

is preferable.

You have just been hired as a financial analyst for barrington industries. unfortunately, company headquarters (where all of the firm's records are kept) has been destroyed by fire. so, your first job will be to recreate the firm's cash flow statement for the year just ended. the firm had $100,000 in the bank at the end of the prior year, and its working capital accounts except cash remained constant during the year. it earned $5 million in net income during the year but paid $800,000 in dividends to common shareholders. throughout the year, the firm purchased $5.5 million of machinery that was needed for a new project. you have just spoken to the firm's accountants and learned that annual depreciation expense for the year is $450,000; however, the purchase price for the machinery represents additions to property, plant, and equipment before depreciation. finally, you have determined that the only financing done by the firm was to issue long-term debt of $1 million at a 6% interest rate. what was the firm's end- of-year cash balance? recreate the firm's cash flow statement to arrive at your answer

The retained earnings account has a credit balance of $24,650 before closing entries are made. if total revenues for the period are $77,700, total expenses are $56,900, and dividends are $13,050, what is the ending balance in the retained earnings account after all closing entries are made?

Andy purchases only two goods, apples (a) and kumquats (k). he has an income of $125 and can buy apples at $5 per pound and kumquats at $5 per pound. his utility function is u(a, k) = 6a + 2k. what is his marginal utility for apples and his marginal utility for kumquats? andy's marginal utility for apples (mu subscript a) is mu subscript aequals 6 and his marginal utility for kumquats (mu subscript k) is