High Sky, Inc., a hot-air balloon manufacturing firm, currently has the following simplified balance sheet:

The company is planning an expansion that is expected to cost $600,000. The expansion can be financed with new equity (sold to net the company $4 per share) or with the sale of new bonds at an interest rate of 11 percent. (The firm's marginal tax rate is 40 percent.)
a. Compute the indifference point between the two financing alternatives.
b. If the expected level of EBIT for the firm is $240,000 with a standard deviation of $50,000, what is the probability that the debt financing alternative will produce higher earnings than the equity alternative? (EBIT is normally distributed.)
c. If the debt alternative is chosen, what is the probability that the company will have negative earnings per share in anyperiod?

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Assets $1.100,000 Liabilities and Capital Bonds (10% interest) Common stock at par ($3). 100.000 Total assets $600,000 shares outstanding 300,000 Contenibured capital n excess of par Retained earnings 1000 uti Total liabilities and capital