general accounting Last year, a company had $355,000 in assets,$26,275 of net income, and a debt-to-total-assetsratio of 44%. Now suppose the newly hired CFOconvinces the president to increase the debt ratioto 58%. Sales and total assets will not be affected,but interest expenses would increase. However,the CFO believes that better cost controls would besufficient to offset the higher interest expense andtherefore keep net income unchanged.Assuming the president of the firm allows the CFOto increase the debt ratio to 58%, what will be thenew ROE'?

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