Austral & company has a debt ratio of 0.5, a total assets turnover ratio of 0.25, and a profit margin of 10%. the board of directors is unhappy with the current return on equity (roe), and they think it could be doubled. this could be accomplished (1) by increasing the profit margin to 12% and (2) by increasing debt utilization. total assets turnover will not change. what new debt ratio, along with the new 12% profit margin, would be required to double the roe?

Doogan corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: standard quantity or hours standard price or rate direct materials 2.0 grams $ 7.00 per gram direct labor 1.6 hours $ 12.00 per hour variable overhead 1.6 hours $ 6.00 per hour the company produced 5,000 units in january using 10,340 grams of direct material and 2,320 direct labor-hours. during the month, the company purchased 10,910 grams of the direct material at $7.30 per gram. the actual direct labor rate was $12.85 per hour and the actual variable overhead rate was $5.80 per hour. the company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. the direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. the materials quantity variance for january is: