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Jack corp. Has a profit margin of 5.1 percent, total asset turnover of 2.3, and roe of 19.64 percent. What is this firm's debt-e

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Answer: Jack Corp's D/E ratio is 0.67.

We follow these steps to arrive at the answer:

We begin with the DuPont Identity for Return on Equity (RoE)

$RoE = Net Profit Margin * Asset turnover Ratio * Equity Multiplier$

Substituting the values from the question in the DuPont identity we get,

$0.1964 = 0.051 * 2.3 * Equity Multiplier$

$Equity Multiplier = \frac{0.1964}{0.051*2.3}$

$Equity Multiplier = 1.674339301
$

$Equity Multiplier = \frac{Total Assets }{Equity}$

So,

$\frac{1}{Equity multiplier} =\frac{Equity}{Total Assets}$

Substituting the value of equity multiplier in the formula above we get,

$\frac{Equity}{Total Assets} = 0.597250509$

Now,

$\frac{Equity}{Total Assets} + \frac{Debt}{Total Assets} =1$

So,

$\frac{Debt }{Total Assets} = 1 - \frac{Equity}{Total Assets}$

$\frac{Debt }{Total Assets} = 1 - 0.597250509
$

$\frac{Debt }{Total Assets} = 0.402749491
$

Now that we have the proportions of debt and equity to total assets, we can find the Debt Equity (D/E) ratio as follows:

$\frac{D}{E} = \frac{\frac{Debt}{Total Assets}}{\frac{Equity}{Total Assets}}$

Substituting the values we get,

$\frac{D}{E} = \frac{0.402749491
}{0.597250509
}$

$\frac{D}{E} = 0.674339301
$

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<span>Which best describes the role of financial planning? Allow someone to have fewer economic obstacles. A financial plan is important to have because it allows someone to be best set up for the future. A financial plan allows you to predict your future cash flows, asset values and save for unfortunate events. Those who actively participate in financial planning tend to overcome the fewer economic obstacles thrown their way. </span>

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Department of transportation.

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The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has projected the debt-to-GDP ratio to increase dramatically in the future. One of the majo

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Answer:

C. projected increasing health care costs for the aging population.

Explanation:

If the debt to GDP ration increases, it means that the country will owe more money compared to capacity of creating wealth. A common problem for several developed countries is that the proportion or retired people has increased compared to the total active labor force. This means that the number of people working or searching of jobs relative to the number of retired people has decreased. Even though retired people tend to have more accumulated wealth, their living expenses are also much higher. What makes this situation a problem is that retired people only have passive income, they do not have earned income. And generally speaking, passive income grows at a much lower rate that earned income.

This is why many developed countries started to implement immigration policies focusing on highly trained and educated applicants that can replace their native workforce.

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The amount of the tax on a bottle of wine is $5 per bottle. Of this amount, the burden that falls on consumers is $3 per bottle, and the burden that falls on producers is $2 per bottle. True or False: The effect of the tax on the quantity sold would have been larger if the tax had been levied on producers.

Explanation:

The amount of the tax on a bottle of wine is $5 ($3 + $2).

The burden on consumers is $3 ($9 - $6), which is the difference between the after-tax purchase price and the before-tax purchase price for consumers. This implies that the burden passed to consumers is $3 out of the total tax burden of $5.

The burden on producers is $2 ($6 - $4) which represents the difference between before-tax selling price and the after-tax selling price for the producers. This means that the burden passed to producers is $2 out of the total tax burden of $5.

If the tax burden were passed to the producers alone, the selling price would have been more than $11 ($6 + 5). This would have reduced demand for wine as consumers would have been forced to bear the total burden. This would have made the tax unequitable. This would have been the case unless demand is inelastic. That means that the total demanded is not sensitive to price increases.

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