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A Firm Has the Following Balance Sheet Fixed Assets Are Being Used at 80 Percent of Capacity;

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A firm has the following balance sheet:  Cash $10 Accounts receivable 10 Inventories 10 Fixed assets 90 Total assets $120Accounts payable$10Notes payable20Long-tem debt40Common stock40Retained earnings10Total liabilities and equity$120\begin{array}{c}\begin{array}{lr}\text { Cash } & \$ 10 \\\text { Accounts receivable } & 10 \\\text { Inventories } & 10 \\\text { Fixed assets } & 90 \\&\underline{\quad\quad}\\\text { Total assets } & -\$ 120\end{array}\begin{array}{lr} \text {Accounts payable}&\$10\\ \text {Notes payable}&20\\ \text {Long-tem debt}&40\\ \text {Common stock}&40\\ \text {Retained earnings}&\underline{10}\\ \text {Total liabilities and equity}&\underline{\$120}\end{array}\end{array}
Fixed assets are being used at 80 percent of capacity; sales for the year just ended were $200; sales will increase
$10 per year for the next 4 years; the profit margin is 5 percent; and the dividend payout ratio is 60 percent.Assume that fixed assets cannot be sold.What are the total external financing requirements for the entire 4 years, i.e., the total AFN for the 4-year period?


A) $4.00
B) $2.00
C) ?$0.80 (Surplus)
D) ?$14.00 (Surplus)
E) $0

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