8. The computation and interpretation of the degree of combined leverage (DCL) Aa Aa You and your colleague, Ian, are currently participating in a finance internship program at Torres Industries. Your current assignment is to work together to review Torres's current and projected income statements. You will also assess the consequences of management's capital structure and investment decisions on the firm's future riskiness. After much discussion, you and Ian decide to calculate Torres's degree of operating leverage (DOL), degree of financial leverage (DFL), and degree of total leverage (DTL) based on this year's data to gain insights into Torres's risk levels. The most recent income statement for Torres Industries follows. Torres is funded solely with debt capital and common equity, and it has 3,000,000 shares of common stock currently outstanding. Sales Less: Variable costs Gross profit Less: Fixed operating costs Net operating income (EBIT) Less: Interest expense Taxable income (EBT) Less: Tax expense (40%) Net income Earnings per share (EPS) This Year's Data $40,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 8,000,000 12,000,000 800,000 11,200,000 4,480,000 $6,720,000 $2.24 Next Year's Projected Data $43,200,000 21,600,000 21,600,000 8,000,000 13,600,000 800,000 12,800,000 5,120,000 7,680,000 $2.56 Given this information, complete the following table and then answer the questions that follow. When performing your computations, round your EPS value and the percentage change values to two decimal places. Torres Industries Data DOL (Sales = $40,000,000) DFL (EBIT = $12,000,000) DTL (Sales = $40,000,000) Everything else remaining constant, assume Torres Industries decides to immediately repay 50% of a bank loan prior to its maturity. How would this affect Torres's DOL, DFL, and DCL? The DOL would be expected to The DFL would be expected to The DTL would be expected to