Rustic Campsites, Incorporated, is trying to decide between the following two alternatives to finance its new $$34$ million gaming

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o$.$ Issue $$34$ million, $6\%$ note.

b$.$ Issue $1$ million shares of common stock for $$34$ per share with expected annual dividends of $$2\mathrm{.}04$ per share.

Required:

Assuming the note or shares of stock are issued at the beginning of the yeat, complete the income statement for each alternative.

Answer the following questions for the current year:

$($a$)$ By how much are interest payments higher if issuing the note?

$($b$)$ By how much are dividend payments higher by lssuing stock?

$($c$)$ Which alternative results in higher eamings per share?

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Assuming the note or shares of stock are issued at the beginning of the year, complete the income statement for each

alternathe. $($Enter your answers in dollars, not milions $(i.$ e$.$ $$5\mathrm{.}5$ milion should be entered as $5,500,000),$ Round your

"Earnings per Share" to $2$ decimal places.$)$