Iron is the answer to the question
Answer: $47 million
Explanation:
Pension expense arises as a result of the amounts owed to employees in relation to pension liabilities.
It is calculated by;
= Service Cost + Interest expense - Expected return on plan assets + Amortization of prior service cost + Amortization of net loss
= 48 + ( 440 * 5%) - 23
= $47 million
Answer:
cost of equity = 9.68%
so correct option is d. 9.68%
Explanation:
given data
currently priced = $17.15
paid annual dividend = $1.22
dividends increasing = 2.4% annually
to find out
firm's cost of equity
solution
we get here cost of equity by apply price equation that is express as
Price = recent dividend × ( 1 + growth rate ) ÷ ( cost of equity - growth rate) .....................1
put here value we get
$17.15 = 
solve it we get
cost of equity = 9.68%
so correct option is d. 9.68%