Sales and growth the most recent financial statements for fontenot co. are shown here: table: unable to copyassets and costs are proportional to sales. the company maintains a constant 30 percent dividend payout ratio and a constant debt-equity ratio. what is the maximum dollar increase in sales that can be sustained assuming no new equity is issued?

Helen tells her nephew, bernard, that she will pay him $100 if he will stop smoking for six months. helen was hopeful that if bernard stopped smoking for six months, he would stop altogether. bernard stops smoking for six months but then resumes his smoking. helen will not pay him. she says that the type of promise she made cannot constitute a binding contract and that, furthermore, it was at least implied that he would stop smoking for good. can bernard legally collect $100 from helen