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The 2019 financial statements for Growth Industries are presented below. Sales and costs are projected...

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The 2019 financial statements for Growth Industries are presented below. Sales and costs are projected to grow at 20% a year for at least the next 4 years. Both current assets and accounts payable are projected to rise in proportion to sales. The firm is currently operating at 75% capacity, so it plans to increase fixed assets in proportic to sales. Interest expense will equal 10% of long-term debt outstanding at the start of the year. The firm will maintain a dividend payou ratio of 0.40 . What is the required external financing over the next year? (Enter excess cash as a negative number with a minus sign.)

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