10. Tozer Inc. has the following balance sheet: Cash...

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10. Tozer Inc. has the following balance sheet:

Cash

$ 50,000

Accounts payable

$ 145,000

Receivables

150,000

Other current liabilities

121,000

Inventories

450,000

Long-term debt

284,000

Net fixed assets

500,000

Common equity

600,000

Total assets

$1,150,000

Total liabilities & equity

$1,150,000

Last year the firm had $144,600 of net income on $1,500,000 of sales. However, the new CFO thinks that inventories are excessive and could be lowered sufficiently to cause the current ratio to equal the industry average, 2.0, without affecting either sales or net income. Assume inventories are sold off and not replaced to get the current ratio to 2.0, and the funds generated are used to buy back common stock at book value without changing anything else. What is the ROE after these changes are made? (Note: You may want to refer to the Summary of Ratios worksheet in Module 1 on the courses canvas website.)

a. 30.00%

b. 32.50%

c. 35.00%

d. 37.50%

e. 40.00%

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