Refer to the financial statements of The Home Depot in Appendix A$.$ at the end of this book. $($Note: Fiscal $2019$ for The Home Depot runs from February $4,2019,$ to February $2,2020.$ As with many retail companies, The Home Depot labels the period $$Fiscal $2019$ even though it ends in the $2020$ calendar year. The label $$Fiscal $2019$ is appropriate because Fiscal $2019$ includes $11$ months from the $2019$ calendar year. The Home Depot explains its choice of fiscal period in Note $1$ to its financial statements.$)$

Required:

Calculate and express as a percentage the company$$s debt$-$to$-$assets ratio using amounts reported in its financial statements for the years ended February $2,2020,$ and February $3,2019,$ respectively.

multiple choice $1$

$106\mathrm{.}1$ and $104\mathrm{.}3$ percent

$92\mathrm{.}8$ and $90\mathrm{.}2$ percent

$38\mathrm{.}7$ and $42\mathrm{.}1$ percent

$33\mathrm{.}8$ and $36\mathrm{.}4$ percent

Using the company$$s interest expense, calculate the times interest earned ratio to two decimal places for the year ended February $2,2020.$

multiple choice $2$

$1\mathrm{.}42$

$3\mathrm{.}24$

$13\mathrm{.}25$

$9\mathrm{.}36$