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Questions -

Q1. A firm has a capital budget of $850,000, it wants to maintain a target capital structure of 35% debt and 65% equity, and it also wants to pay a dividend of $400,000. If the company follows a residual dividend policy, how much net income must it earn to meet its capital budgeting requirements and pay the dividend, all while keeping its capital structure?

$952,500

$1,080,300

$1,236,500

$1,356,300

Q2. A company expects to have net income of $3,100,000 during the next year. Its target capital structure is 30% debt and 70% equity. The company has determined that the optimal capital budget for the coming year is $3,000,000. If Davis follows a residual distribution policy (with all distributions in the form of dividends) to determine the coming year's dividend, then what is Davis's dividend payout ratio?

50.0%

32.3%

26.7%

16.0%