An entrepreneur is planning to establish a company with $50 million in assets

and is investigating three possible capital structures for the company: (i) no debt;

(ii) 20 per cent debt; and (iii) 50 per cent debt. The interest rate on the debt is 10

per cent per annum. The entrepreneur believes that the annual earnings before

interest and tax will be $2.5 million in a poor year, $5 million in an average year

and $10 million in a good year.