a. Assume a firm with a value of $10,000 earns $1,000 EBIT. The tax rate is .35.

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a. Assume a firm with a value of $10,000 earns $1,000 EBIT. The tax rate is .35. An investor owning 100 percent of the equity earns how much?

b. If the firm earning $1,000 EBIT is financed with .90 debt

($9,000) that pays .08 and .10 equity, the investor (who owns 100% of the equity) buys .65 of the debt. What return (in dollars)

does the investor earn?

c. Compare your answers to (3a.) and (3b.). What do you observe?

d. Recompute your answers to (3a.) and (3b.) if the firm earns

$2,000 EBIT.

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