27. A decrease in depeeciation espense will cother things eqa A. increase net income. B. increase the market vabue of assets C. decrease taxable income. D. decrease net income. 28. What must happen to asset turnover to leave ROE unchanged from its original 16 level if the operating profit margin is reduced from 8% to 6% and the leverage atio increases from 1.45 to 1.67 Asset turnover must decrease from 1.74 to 1.67 remain constant A. B. C. increase from 1.38 to 1.67 D. increase from 1.46 to 2.33. 29. Suppose you take out a 30-year mortgage for $100,000 with annual payments. The interest rate on the mortgage is 5%. When you have paid off half the mortgage, so that the value of the remaining payments is reduced to $50,000, how many more payments need to be made? (Round to the next integer) Approximately 6 payments A. Approximately 8 payments B. Approximately 10 payments C. Approximately 22 payments D. 30. Amy wants to know if inventory is increasing as a percentage of total assets. Which one of these statements most easily provides the information she is seeking? Common-size balance sheet A. Income statement . Statement of cash flows C. D. Balance sheet