Vernon Company's Income statement Information follows: Net sales Income before interest and taxes Net income after taxes Interest expense Stockholders' equity, December 31 (2016: $191,000) Common stock, December 31 2018 $420,000 110,cee 55,080 8,950 307,000 203,000 2017 $256,860 83,000 62,400 8,00 231,600 211,000 The average number of shares outstanding was 7780 for 2018 and 6,880 for 2017, Required Compute the following ratios for Vernon for 2018 and 2017. a. Number of times interest was earned (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) b. Earnings per share based on the average number of shares outstanding. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) c. Price-eamings ratio (market prices: 2018. $65 por share: 2017. $76 per share). (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) d. Return on average equity. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places. e. 2345 should be entered as 23.45).) e. Net margin. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places. (le 2345 should be entered as 23.45)) 2018 2017 times times times a. Interest earned b. Earnings per share c. Price-earnings ratio d. Return on equity Netmargin *