1. Free Cash Flow You are considering an investment in Crew Cut, Inc. and want to evaluate the firm's free cash flow. From the income statement, you see that Crew Cut earned an EBIT of $23.19 million, paid taxes of $3.81 million, and its depreciation expense was $7.81 million. Crew Cut's gross fixed assets increased by $10.19 million from 2007 to 2008. The firm's current assets increased by $6.19 million and spontaneous current liabilities increased by $3.81 million. What is Crew Cut's operating cash flow, investment in operating capital and free cash flow for 2008, respectively in millions?
a) $23.19, $10.19, $13.00
b) $23.19, $11.62, $11.57
c) $27.19, $10.19, $17.00
d) $27.19, $12.57, $14.62
2. Statement of Retained Earnings Night Scapes, Corp. began the year 2008 with $11 million in retained earnings. The firm suffered a net loss of $2.1 million in 2008 and yet paid $2.01 million to its preferred stockholders and $1.01 million to its common stockholders. What is the year-end 2008 balance in retained earnings for Night Scapes?
a) $5.88 million
b) $10.08 million
c) $8.9 million
d) $16.12 million