6. A review of the degree of financial leverage (DFL) It is December 31. Last year, Water and Power Company (W\&P) had sales of $80,000,000, and it forecasts that next year's sales will be $86,400,000. Its fixed costs have been-and are expected to continue to be $44,000,000, and its variable cost ratio is 20.00%. W\&.P's capital structure consists of a $15 million bank loan, on which it pays an interest rate of 12%, and 5,000,000 shares of outstanding common equity. The company's profits are taxed at a marginal rate of 35%. The following are the two principal equations that can be used to calculate a firm's DFL value: Given this information, complete the following sentences: - The company's percentage change in EBIT is - The percentage change in W\&P's earnings per share (EPS) is - The degree of financial leverage (DFL) at $86,400,000 is . (Hint: Use the changes in EPS and EBIT that you computed to determine DFL.) Consider the following statement about DFL, and indicate whether or not it is correct. Assume that at a given level of sales, the firm's DFL is 4.50 . This means that a 1% decrease in the firm's EBIT will result in a corresponding 4.5% increase in the firm's EBIT. False True