All of the following is a financing factor that impacts the firm's leverage EXCEPT:

Miller Bros. Hardware is operating at full capacity with a sales level of $689,700 and fixed assets of $468,000. The profit margin is 7 percent. What is the required addition to fixed assets if sales are to increase by 10 percent?

A. $3,276 B. $4,680 C. $28,400 D. $32,760 E. $46,800

You are comparing three investments, all of which pay $100 a month and have an interest rate of 8%. One is ordinary annuity, one is an annuity due, and the third investment is a perpetuity. Which one of the following statements is correct given these three investment options?

a. To be the perpetuity, the payments must occur on the first day of each monthly period b. the ordinary annuity would be more valuable than the annuity due if both had a life of 10 years c. The present value of the perpetuity has to be higher than the present value of either the ordinary annuity or the annuity due d. the future value of all three investments must be equal e. the present value of all three investments must be equal