Miles Ltd., a manufacturer of various car products wants to estimate itsfunding requirements for the coming financial year. In the recent past, thecompany had spare production capacity, but increased sales has raisedsuspicions amongst management that investment in new capacity maybe required soon. In the current financial year the company achievedsales of R200 million on assets worth R2000 million and liabilities of R500m. It's resulting net profit margin was 10% with no dividend being paidIas the company ts in a high growth phase. All assets and liabilities areconsidered spontaneous and increase in line with sales. It is expected thasales will grow by 20% in the coming year. Assets are however onlyutilized up to 90% of total capacity and the spare capacity can be usedfirst before new capacity is installed.a.R36 millionb.R76 millionC.R120 milliond.R240 millionI

Present financial state:Sales (current year): R200 millionAssets (current year): R2000…

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