A firm has a current capital structure consisting of $400,000 of 12 percent annual interest debt and 50,000 shares of common stock. The firm's tax rate is 40 percent on ordinary income. If the EBIT is expected to be $200,000, the firm's earnings per share will be ________.

		a) $7.04
		b) $1.82
		c) $2.40
		d) $3.04