Current Asset Usage Policy Payne Products had $2.4 million in sales revenues in the most recent year and expects sales growth to be 25% this year. Payne would like to determine the effect of various current assets policies on its financial performance. Payne has $3 million of fixed assets and intends to keep its debt ratio at its historical level of 45%. Payne's debt interest rate is currently 8%. You are to evaluate three different current asset policies: (1) a restricted policy in which current assets are 45% of projected sales, (2) a moderate policy with 50% of sales tied up in current assets, and (3) a relaxed policy requiring current assets of 60% of sales. Earnings before interest and taxes are expected to be 12% of sales. Payne's tax rate is 25%. a. What is the expected return on equity under each current asset level? Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places Restricted policy: % Moderate policy: % Relaxed policy % b. In this problem, we have assumed that the level of expected sales is independent of current asset policy. Is this a valid assumption? I. Yes, this assumption would probably be valid in a real world situation. A firm's current asset policies have no significant effect on sales. II. No, this assumption would probably not be valid in a real world situation. A firm's current asset policies may have a significant effect on sales, III. Yes, this is a valid assumption. The current asset policies followed by their mainly influence the level of long-term debt used by the firm. IV. Yes, this is a valid assumption. The current asset policies followed by the firm mainly influence the level of fixed assets. V. Yes, this is a valid assumption Sales are controlled only by the degree of marketing effort the firm uses, irrespective of the current asset policies it employs. -Select- C. How would the overall risk of the firm vary under each policy? The restricted policy leads to a Select expected return as compared to moderate & relaxed policies. -Select- current assets in a restricted policy would imply -Select-liquid assets; thus, the firm's ability to handle contingencies -Select impaired. -Select risk of inadequate liquidity would increase the firm's risk of insolvency and thus -Select- its chance of failing to meet fixed charges. Conversely, a relaxed policy means -Select-liquid assets and -Select- total assets turnover ratio. In the relaxed policy -Select- liquidity would decrease the firm's risk. The -Select policy falls between the two extremes