Bethany’s regular hourly wage rate is $12, and she receives an hourly rate of $18 for work in excess of 40 hours. During a January pay period, Bethany works 50 hours. Bethany’s federal income tax withholding is $99, and she has no voluntary deductions. Compute Bethany’s gross earnings and net pay for the pay period. Assume that the FICA tax rate is 7.65%.

Chang corp. has $375,000 of assets, and it uses only common equity capital (zero debt). its sales for the last year were $595,000, and its net income was $25,000. stockholders recently voted in a new management team that has promised to lower costs and get the return on equity up to 15.0%. what profit margin would the firm need in order to achieve the 15% roe, holding everything else constant? a. 9.45%b. 9.93%c. 10.42%d. 10.94%e. 11.49%