DE 18-12 Use the actual financial statements of Lucent Technologies (pages 715 and 716). 1. Compute the company's debt ratio at September 30, 1999. 2. Compute the company's times-interest-earned ratio for 1999. Interest expense for 1999 was $406 million. 3. Is Lucent Technologies' ability to pay its liabilities and interest expense strong or weak? Comment on the value of each ratio computed for requirements 1 and 2.