Comparative financial statements for Weller Corporation, a merchandising company, for the year ending December $31$ appear below.

The company did not issue any new common stock during the year. A total of $700,000$ shares of common stock were outstanding. The

interest rate on the bond payable was $10\%,$ the income tax rate was $40\%,$ and the dividend per share of common stock was $$0\mathrm{.}75$ last

year and $$0\mathrm{.}40$ this year. The market value of the company's common stock at the end of this year was $$24.$ All of the company's sales

are on account.

Required:

Compute the following financial ratios for this year:

Times interest earned ratio.

Debt$-$to$-$equity ratio.

Equity multiplier.

Note: For all requirements, round your answers to $2$ decimal places.

Equity multiplier