What should be BIT's dividend payout ratio this year on these financial accounting question? Baker Island Tours (BIT) expects to grow at a constant rate of 4 percent forever.Its target debt/assets ratio is 40 percent, and it expects to have profitableinvestments of $1.3 million this year. BIT plans to continue paying the samedividend that has been paid the past 10 years, $2.25 per share, long into thefuture. The firm has 500,000 shares of stock outstanding. If net income is expectedto be $2 million, what should be BIT's dividend payout ratio this year?

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