Assume that Atlas Sporting Goods Inc. has $970,000 in assets. If it goes with a low-liquidity...

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Assume that Atlas Sporting Goods Inc. has $970,000 in assets. If it goes with a low-liquidity plan for the assets, it can earn a return of 14 percent, but with a high-liquidity plan the return will be 11 percent. If the firm goes with a short-term financing plan, the financing costs on the $970,000 will be 8 percent, and with a long-term financing plan the financing costs on the $970,000 will be 10 percent. a. Compute the anticipated return after financing costs with the most aggressive asset-financing mix. Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Anticipated return $ 9,700 b. Compute the anticipated return after financing costs with the most conservative asset-financing mix. Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Anticipated return 38,800 c. Compute the anticipated return after financing costs with the two moderate approaches to the asset-financing mix. Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Low liquidity High liquidity Anticipated Return $ $ 58,200 21 d. If the firm used the most aggressive asset-financing mix described in part a and had the anticipated return you computed for part a, what would earnings per share be if the tax rate on the anticipated return was 30 percent and there were 20,000 shares outstanding? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Earnings per share $ 1.36 Assume that Atlas Sporting Goods Inc. has $970,000 in assets. If it goes with a low-liquidity plan for the assets, it can earn a return of 14 percent, but with a high-liquidity plan the return will be 11 percent. If the firm goes with a short-term financing plan, the financing costs on the $970,000 will be 8 percent, and with a long-term financing plan the financing costs on the $970,000 will be 10 percent. a. Compute the anticipated return after financing costs with the most aggressive asset-financing mix. Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Anticipated return $ 9,700 b. Compute the anticipated return after financing costs with the most conservative asset-financing mix. Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Anticipated return 38,800 c. Compute the anticipated return after financing costs with the two moderate approaches to the asset-financing mix. Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Low liquidity High liquidity Anticipated Return $ $ 58,200 21 d. If the firm used the most aggressive asset-financing mix described in part a and had the anticipated return you computed for part a, what would earnings per share be if the tax rate on the anticipated return was 30 percent and there were 20,000 shares outstanding? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Earnings per share $ 1.36