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The Ellis Corporation has heavy lease commitments. Prior to SFAS No. 13, it merely footnoted lease obligations in the balance sheet, which appeared as follows: Use Appendix D for an approximate answer but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods.

In $Millions	In $Millions
Current Assets: $50	Current Liab: $10
Fixed Assets: 50	Long-Term Liab: 30
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	Total Liab: $40
	Owners' Equity: 60
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Total Assets: $100	Total Liab &OE: $100

The footnotes stated that the company had $10 million in annual capital lease obligations for the next 20 years.

a.

Discount these annual lease obligations back to the present at a 6 percent discount rate. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest million. Input your answer in millions of dollars (e.g., $6,100,000 should be input as "6").) b. Construct a revised balance sheet that includes lease obligations. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to the nearest million. Input your answer in millions of dollars (e.g., $6,100,000 should be input as "6").) Current Assets: $ Current Liab: $ Fixed Assets: Long-Term Liab Leased prop under capital lease Obligations under captial lease Total Liab: $ Owner's Equity: Total Assets: $ Total Liab & OE: $ c. Compute the total debt to total asset ratio for the original and revised balance sheets. (Input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) d. Compute the total debt to total equity ratio for the original and revised balance sheets. (Input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) e. In an efficient capital market environment, should the consequences of SFAS No. 13, as viewed in the answers to parts c and d, change stock prices and credit ratings? Yes No

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