Payne Corporation has the folowing accounts as of December 31, 2018:

Total Assets $60,000

Total Liabilities 20,000

Total Equity 40,000

Compute the debt to equity ratio at December 31,2018.

Short Answer

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The debt-equity ratio of the Payne Corporation is 0.5:1

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Definition of dent-equity ratio

The relationship between total liabilities and total equity is the debt to equity ratio.

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Debt-Equity ratio

The company's debt-equity ratio is calculated by dividing the liabilities by equity.

DebtEquityRatio=TotalLiabilitiesTotalEquity=$20,000$40,000=0.5

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