Your company has a 35% tax rate and has $752 million in assets, currently financed entirely with equity. Equity is worth $50.20 per share, and book value of equity is equal to market value of equity. Also, let's assume that the firm's expected values for EBIT depend upon which state of the economy occurs this year, with the possible values of EBIT and their associated probabilities as shown below:

State Recession Average Boom

Probability of State .20 .55 .25

Expect EBIT in State $102 million $177 million $237 million

The firm is considering switching to a 15-percent debt capital structure, and has determined that they would have to pay a 11 percent yield on perpetual debt in either event. What will be the standard deviation in EPS if they switch to the proposed capital structure? (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 2 decimal places except calculation of number of shares which should be rounded to nearest whole number.)

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Hollywood Shoes would like to maintain their cash account at a minimum level of $66,000, but expect the standard deviation in net daily cash flows to be $5,600; the effective annual rate on marketable securities to be 6.25 percent per year; and the trading cost per sale or purchase of marketable securities to be $260 per transaction. What will be their optimal upper cash limit? (Round your answer to the nearest dollar amount.)

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MC Enterprises estimates that it takes, on average, 13 days for their customers' payments to reach them, 1 day for the payments to be processed and deposited by their bookkeeping department, and 4 more days for the check to clear once they're deposited. What is their collection float?

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You have been asked by the president of your company to evaluate the proposed acquisition of a new special-purpose truck for $150,000. The truck falls into the MACRS 5-year class, and it will be sold after 5 years for $15,000. Use of the truck will require an increase in NWC (spare parts inventory) of $4,500. The truck will have no effect on revenues, but it is expected to save the firm $66,000 per year in before-tax operating costs, mainly labor. The firm's marginal tax rate is 30 percent. What will the cash flows for this project be during year 2?

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Your firm needs a machine which costs $170,000, and requires $32,000 in maintenance for each year of its 5 year life. After 3 years, this machine will be replaced. The machine falls into the MACRS 5-year class life category. Assume a tax rate of 30% and a discount rate of 16%. If this machine can be sold for $17,000 at the end of year 5, what is the after tax salvage value?