What is given is: total assets = $422,235,811 Debt ratio = 29.5% Find: debt-to-equity ratio Equity multiplier Debt-to-equity ratio = total debt / total equity Total debt ratio = total debt / total assets Total debt = total debt ratio x total assets = 0.295 x 422,235,811 = 124,559,564.2 Total assets = total equity + total debt Total equity = total assets - total debt = 422,235,811 - 124,559,564.2 = 297,676,246.8 Debt-to-equity ratio = total debt / total equity = 124,559,564.2 / 297,676,246.8 = 0.4184 Equity multiplier = total assets / total equity = 422,235,811 / 297,676,246.8 = 1.418

Yes, the accounting equation, total assets = total liabilities + total equity, may be rewritten to determine total debt as being equal to total assets - total of owner's equity. Simply stated, the total assets (the firm's value) is broken up between total debt (what you owe) and owner's equity (what you own).

it's mean that total assets and total liabilities are equal

for example:

total assets are 50,000 and total liabilities are 50,000

so the debt ratio is 1

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