As the chief financial officer of Adirondack Designs, you hove the following information:

a$.$ Calculate Adirondack's times$-$interest$-$earned ratio for next year assuming the firm raises $$61$ milion of new debt at an interest rate

of $2$ percent.

b$.$ Calculate Adirondack's times$-$burden$-$covered ratio for next year assuming annual sinking$-$fund poyments on the new debt will equal

$$3\mathrm{.}0$ milion.

c$.$ Calculate next year's earnings per share assuming Adirondack raises the $$61$ millon of new debt.

d$.$ Calculate next year's times$-$Interest$-$earned ratio, times$-$burden$-$covered ratio, and earnings per share if Adirondack sells $2\mathrm{.}6$ million

new shares at $$22$ a share instead of raising new debt.

Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Earnings per share" answers to $2$ decimal places and other answers to $1$

decimal place.