Lenow Drug Stores and Hall Pharmaceuticals are competitors in the discount drug chain store business. The separate capital structures for Lenow and Hall are presented here. Lenow Debt @ 10% Common stock, $10 par Total Common shares Hall $140,000 Debt @ 10% 280,000 Common stock, $10 par $420,000 Total 28,000 Common shares $ 280,000 140,000 $420,000 14,000 a. Complete the following table given earnings before interest and taxes of $18,000, $42,000, and $59,000. Assume the tax rate is 30 percent. (Negative amounts should be indicated by parentheses or a minus sign. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) What is the relationship between the EPS of the two firms? EBIT/TA % Lenow EPS Hall EPS $ $ $ EBIT 18,000 42,000 59,000 Total Assets $ 420,000 $ 420,000 $ 420,000 b-1. What is the EBIT/TA rate when the firm's have equal EPS? EBIT/TA rate % b-2. What is the cost of debt? Cost of debt % b-3. State the relationship between earnings per share and the level of EBIT. EPS is unaffected by financial leverage when the pre-tax return on assets (EBIT/TA) the cost of debt. c. If the cost of debt went up to 12 percent and all other factors remained equal, what would be the break-even level for EBIT? Break-even level