Use the information presented in Midwestern Mutual Bank's balance sheet: Bank's Balance Sheet
Assets Liabilities and Owners' Equity
Reserves $175 Deposits $1,400
Loans $700 Debt $225
Securities $875 Capital (owners'
equity) $125
Suppose the owners of the bank borrow $100 to supplement their existing reserves. This would increase the reserves account and (increase/decrease) the (capital/debt/deposits/loans/reserv es) account. This would also bring the leverage ratio from its initial value of (14/14.8/16.1/18.2) to a new value of (14/14.8/16.1/18.2). Which of the following is true of the capital requirement?
A. The higher the percentage of assets a bank holds as loans, the higher the capital requirement.
B. It specifies a minimum leverage ratio for all banks.
C. Its intended goal is to protect the interests of those who hold equity in the bank.

Verizon communications, inc., provides the following footnote relating to its leasing activities in its 10-k report. the aggregate minimum rental commitments under noncancelable leases for the periods shown at december 31, 2010, are as follows: years (dollars in millions) capital leases operatingleases 2011 $97 $1,898 2012 74 1,720 2013 70 1,471 2014 54 1,255 2015 42 1,012 thereafter 81 5,277 total minimum 418 $ 12,633 rental commitments less interest and (86) executory costs present value of 332 minimum lease payments less current (75) installments long-term obligation $257 at december 31, 2010 (a) confirm that verizon capitalized its capital leases using a rate of 7.4 %. (b) compute the present value of verizon's operating leases, assuming an 7.4% discount rate and rounding the remaining lease term to 3 decimal places. (use a financial calculator or excel to compute. do not round until your final answers. round each answer to the nearest whole number.)