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Last year Shoals Corporation had an ROE of 30% and a dividend payout ratio of 60%.  The sustainable growth rate for Shoals Corporation is 12%.  True or False?

A rule-of-thumb for preventing dioxin formation is to maintain a sulfur-to-chlorine (S:Cl) molar ratio greater than one for fuel mixtures to be burned. Do you anticipate dioxin emission from using the fuel blend (sugarcane bagasse and coal blend) calculated in Question 8?  Why or Why not?   Atomic mass of sulfur (S) = 32 Atomic mass of chlorine (Cl) = 35.45

Which sub-atomic particle has a mass of 1 amu and a charge of +1?

In two to three sentences explain dioxins and health concerns associated with these.

In 2002, a sugarcane molasses-fed 100 million liters per year, continuous-fermentation ethanol plant was designed in detail and the total purchased equipment costs to construct this plant was estimated to be $12 million. It is now proposed to revive this technology and construct a 100 million gallons per year ethanol plant using the same feedstock. Estimate the total purchased equipment cost for constructing this plant in 2021 (month of May).

For corporations, the following lists the advantages and disadvantages. True or False? Advantages: Limited liability for owners; Can raise large amounts of capital; Easy to transfer ownership Disadvantages: Double taxation 

Quinine is used to treat malaria and has a molar mass of 325 g / mol.  If the empirical formula is C10H12NO, what is the molecular formula of quinine?

The STP density of the refrigerant gas Freon-22 is 3.86 g / L.  Calculate the molar mass for Freon-22.

If you invest $4,000 today and it grows to $9,000 in 10 years, the annual rate of return (rounded to two decimal places) on the investment is 

Consider the limiting reactant concept and predict how many liters of steam are released from the reaction of 10.0 L of hydrogen gas and 10.0 L of oxygen gas.             H2 (g)  +  O2 (g)                 >   H2O (g)