Which of the following statements is most accurate?   A.   Financial leverage is directly related to operating leverage.   B.   Increasing the corporate tax rate will not affect capital structure decisions.   C.   A firm with low operating leverage has a small proportion of its total costs in fixed costs.   D.   Total costs can be calculated as net income minus total revenue

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Which of the following statements is most accurate?


 

A.

 

Financial leverage is directly related to operating leverage.


 

B.

 

Increasing the corporate tax rate will not affect capital structure decisions.


 

C.

 

A firm with low operating leverage has a small proportion of its total costs in fixed costs.


 

D.

 

Total costs can be calculated as net income minus total revenue.

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