SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. 1)Earnings per share represents the dollar amount earned and distributed to shareholders. 2) Independent projects are those whose cash flows are unrelated to one another; the acceptance of one does not eliminate the others from further consideration 3) The common stock book value model ignores a firm's expected earnings potential and generally lacks any true relationship to the firm's value in the marketplace 4) In general, with an amortized loan, the payment amount remains constant over the life of the loan, the principal portion of each payment declines over the life of the loan, and the interest portion of each payment grows over the life of the loan. 5) Time-series analysis evaluates the performance of various firms at the same point in time using financial ratios