You Have Been Hired by a New Firm That Is

question 83

Multiple Choice

You have been hired by a new firm that is just being started. The CFO wants to finance with 60% debt, but the president thinks it would be better to hold the percentage of debt in the capital structure (wd) to only 10%. Other things held constant, and based on the data below, if the firm uses more debt, by how much would the ROE change, i.e., what is ROENew - ROEOld?

• A) 5.44%
• B) 5.73%
• C) 6.03%
• D) 6.33%
• E) 6.65%

Analyze and solve problems involving repeating and terminating decimals.

Determine the effect of percentage changes on values.

Convert mixed numbers to decimals and percentages.

Evaluate mathematical expressions accurately.

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