Last year Jain Technologies had $260 million of sales and $104 million of fixed assets, so its Fixed Assets/Sales ratio was 40%. However, its fixed assets were used at only 60% of capacity. Now the company is developing its financial forecast for the coming year. As part of that process, the company wants to set its target Fixed Assets/Sales ratio at the level, it would have had, had it been operating at full capacity. What target Fixed Assets/Sales ratio should the company set?   a. 24.00%     b. 19.35%     c. 17.14%     d. 31.58%     e. 11.43%

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Last year Jain Technologies had $260 million of sales and $104 million of fixed assets, so its Fixed Assets/Sales ratio was 40%. However, its fixed assets were used at only 60% of capacity. Now the company is developing its financial forecast for the coming year. As part of that process, the company wants to set its target Fixed Assets/Sales ratio at the level, it would have had, had it been operating at full capacity. What target Fixed Assets/Sales ratio should the company set?
  a. 24.00%  
  b. 19.35%  
  c. 17.14%  
  d. 31.58%  
  e. 11.43%
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