Black Berry Farms and Pea Pod Farms are each able to generate EBIT of $$196,000.$ The separate capital structures for Black Berry and Pea Pod are presented below.

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Debt @ $7\%$ $$1,450,000$ Debt @ $7\%$ $$1,050,000$

Common stock $1,350,000$ Common stock $1,750,000$

Total $$2,800,000$ Total $$2,800,000$

Common shares $270,000$ Common shares $350,000$

a$.$ Compute EPS for both firms $($assume a $40$ percent tax rate$).($Round the final answers to $2$ decimal places.$)$

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b$.$ Assuming a P$/$E ratio of $38$ for each firm, what would be each firm$$s share price? $($Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to $2$ decimal places.$)$

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c$.$ Assume the P$/$E ratio would be $35$ for the riskier company in terms of heavy debt utilization in the capital structure and $46$ for the less risky firm. What would the share price now be for each firm? $($Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to $2$ decimal places.$)$

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