Cold Duck Manufacturing Balance Sheet For the Year Ended on December 31 Assets Liabilities Current Assets: Current Liabilities: Cash and equivalents Accounts payable $150,000 400,000 Accounts receivable Accrued liabilities Inventories 350,000 Notes payable $250,000 150,000 100,000 $500,000 1,000,000 Total Current Assets $900,000 Total Current Liabilities Net Fixed Assets: Long-Term Bonds $2,100,000 Total Debt $1,500,000 Net plant and equipment (cost minus depreciation) Common Equity Common stock 800,000 700,000 Retained earnings Total Common Equity $1,500,000 Total Assets $3,000,000 Total Liabilities and Equity $3,000,000 The firm is currently in the process of forecasting sales, asset requirements, and required funding for the coming year. In the year that just ended, Cold Duck Manufacturing generated $450,000 net income on sales of $13,000,000. The firm expects sales to increase by 19% this coming year and also expects to maintain its long-run dividend payout ratio of 45%. Suppose Cold Duck's assets are fully utilized. Using the additional funds needed (AFN) equation to determine the increase in total assets that is necessary to support a firm's expected sales, it is projected that Cold Duck will require in additional assets. When a firm grows, some liabilities grow spontaneously along with sales. Spontaneous liabilities are a source of capital that the firm will generate internally, so they reduce the need for external capital. How much of the total increase in assets will be supplied by spontaneous liabilities for Cold Duck this year? O $64,600 O $76,000 O $60,800 O $72,200 In addition, Cold Duck Manufacturing is expected to generate net income this year. The firm will pay out some of its earnings as dividends but will retain the rest for future asset investment. Again, the more a firm generates internally from its operations, the less it will have to raise externally from the capital markets. Assume that the firm's profit margin and dividend payout ratio are expected to remain constant. from operations that will be added to its existing retained Given the preceding information, Cold Duck expects to generate earnings. (Hint: Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.) According to the AFN equation and projections for Cold Duck Manufacturing, the firm's AFN is