Question

Use the following information to answer the next question. Total Asset = $40 million Depreciation = $1.0 million. Basic earning power (BEP) ratio is 20% Lease payments = 0.6 million Times-interest-earned (TIE) ratio is 6.55 Principal payments = 4 million What is the company's EBIT? The company's interest expense? Select one: a. $8.0 million; $1.22 million b. $7.5 million; $0.75 million c. $8.0 million; $0.62 million d. $1.35 million; $0.37 million e. $3.33 million; $0.83 million​

Answer 1

a. $8.0 million; $1.22 million

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation is shown below:

As we know that

Basic earnings power = EBIT ÷ total assets

So,

EBIT = Basic earnings power × total assets

= 0.20 × 40 million

= $8 million

Now

Times interest earned = EBIT ÷ interest expense

So,

Interest expense = EBIT ÷ Times interest earned

= $8 million ÷ 6.55

= $1.22 million