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question 12

Multiple Choice

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A bank currently just meets its total capital requirements of 8%. The bank currently has a dividend payout ratio of 35%. Assets are expected to grow at 5%.
-If the bank expects its ROA to be .45% and the bank does not wish to change its dividend payout ratio from 35%, how much new equity capital (as a percent of total assets) must the bank issue to support the growth in assets?

• A) 0.2925%
• B) 2.935%
• C) 0.1075%
• D) 1.075%
• E) 1.367%

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Definitions:

First Processing Department

The initial stage or section in a manufacturing or processing facility where raw materials begin their transformation into finished products.

FIFO Method

"First in, first out" method; an inventory valuation technique where the costs of the earliest goods acquired are the first to be recognized in cost of goods sold.

Processing Cost

Expenses associated with the operations that convert raw materials into finished products, often used in manufacturing industries.

Equivalent Unit

A measure used in process costing that converts work done on incomplete units into the amount of work needed to complete a standard unit.