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Company has debt-to-total assets ratio is 0.4. What is its debt to equity ratio
Representatiion:
Assest = A
Debt = D
Equity = E
It is known that A = D + E
therefore, E = A - D
To find Debt to equity ratio, we write it as
D/E = D/(A-D)
[E is written as A - D in the above equation]
The above equation can be written as
D/E = (D/A)/[1-(D/A)]
We know that D/A is 0.4
On substituting,
D/E = 0.4/(1-0.4)
= 0.4/0.6
D/E = 0.66