Consider the following project which costs $2,000 with a salvage value of zero in 4 years. The project will produce a new widget which will be sold for $135 and has variable costs of $95 per unit. The company has fixed costs of $3,000 and a required return on projects of 14.5%. If the company sells 200 units, what is the firm's degree of leverage? a. 2.4 b. 1.1 c. 2.9 d. 1.6 e. 1.9

Consider the following project which costs $2,000 with a salvage value of zero in 4 years. The project will produce a new widget which will be sold for $135 and has variable costs of $95 per unit. The company has fixed costs of $3,000 and a required return on projects of 14.5%. If the company sells 200 units, what is the firm's degree of leverage? a. 2.4 b. 1.1 c. 2.9 d. 1.6 e. 1.9

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