Immediately Before a $4,000 Cash Dividend Was Declared on 20,000

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Essay

Immediately before a $4,000 cash dividend was declared on 20,000 shares of par $80 stock, Sea Breeze Corporation has total liabilities of $220,000 and total shareholders' equity of $180,000. Calculate Sea Breeze's debt/equity ratio before and after the declaration of the cash dividend and indicate the effect the declaration had on this ratio.

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