Review each of the following statements to determine which is correct regarding the importance of assessing a company's risk of paying debt. a) A company that finances their assets by borrowing will need to make enough money to pay off the debt.
b) Assessing a company's risk of paying off debt is not required when the company is highly leveraged.
c) If a company has a lot of debt, they may not be able to afford to take on new debt.
d) A company's required debt payments may be greater than its ability to generate money to make those payments.

Verizon communications, inc., provides the following footnote relating to its leasing activities in its 10-k report. the aggregate minimum rental commitments under noncancelable leases for the periods shown at december 31, 2010, are as follows: years (dollars in millions) capital leases operatingleases 2011 $97 $1,898 2012 74 1,720 2013 70 1,471 2014 54 1,255 2015 42 1,012 thereafter 81 5,277 total minimum 418 $ 12,633 rental commitments less interest and (86) executory costs present value of 332 minimum lease payments less current (75) installments long-term obligation $257 at december 31, 2010 (a) confirm that verizon capitalized its capital leases using a rate of 7.4 %. (b) compute the present value of verizon's operating leases, assuming an 7.4% discount rate and rounding the remaining lease term to 3 decimal places. (use a financial calculator or excel to compute. do not round until your final answers. round each answer to the nearest whole number.)