Can you please solve this financial accounting problem? Pacific Ocean Cruises (POC) expects to grow at a constant rate of 5% forever. Itstarget debt/assets ratio is 45%, and it expects to have profitable investments of$1.8 million this year.POC plans to continue paying the same dividend that has been paid for the past10 years, $3.00 per share, long into the future. The firm has 600,000 shares ofstock outstanding.If net income is expected to be $2.5 million, what should be POC's dividend payoutratio this year?

Step 1: Definition of Dividend Payout RatioThe dividend payout ratio is the percentage of net income…

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