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Integrative Multiple leverage measures and prediction Carolina Fastener, Inc., makes a patented marine bulkhead latch that wholesales for $ 6.00. Each latch has variable operating costs of $ 3.50. Fixed operating costs are $ 50,000 per year. The firm pays $ 13,000 interest and preferred dividends of $ 7,000 per year. At this point, the firm is selling 30,000 latches per year and is taxed at a rate of 40%. a. Calculate Carolina Fasteners operating breakeven point. b. On the basis of the firms current sales of 30,000 units per year and its interest and preferred dividend costs, calculate its EBIT and earnings available for common. c. Calculate the firms degree of operating leverage ( DOL). d. Calculate the firms degree of financial leverage ( DFL). e. Calculate the firms degree of total leverage ( DTL). f. Carolina Fastener has entered into a contract to produce and sell an additional 15,000 latches in the coming year. Use the DOL, DFL, and DTL to predict and calculate the changes in EBIT and earnings available for common. Check your work by a simple calculation of Carolina Fasteners EBIT and earnings available for common, using the basic information given.

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This solution carefully calculates the firm's degree of financial leverage ( DFL).

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