Assume an Unlevered Firm Has Total Assets of $6,000,earnings Before

question 48

Multiple Choice

Assume an unlevered firm has total assets of $6,000,earnings before interest and taxes of $600,and 500 shares of stock outstanding.Further assume the firm decides to change 40 percent of its capital structure to debt with an interest rate of 8 percent.Ignore taxes.What will be the amount of the change in the earnings per share as a result of this change in the capital structure?

• A)$.16
• B)$.09
• C)No change
• D)−$.09
• E)−$.16

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Definitions:

Technical Efficiency

The ability of a firm to get the maximum output from a given set of inputs, minimizing waste.

Marginal Product

The additional output obtained by employing one more unit of a variable factor of production, holding all other inputs constant.

Total Product

The sum of all products or services generated by a company or economic system within a defined timeframe.

Average Product

The output per unit of input, calculated by dividing the total product (output) by the total quantity of input used.