Diona has nine major assignments to complete for school this week. Four of them involve writing essays. Diona decides to work on three of the nine assignments tonight. How many different choices of three would include at least one essay assignment?

Aggart technologies is considering issuing new common stock and using the proceeds to reduce its outstanding debt. the stock issue would have no effect on total assets, the interest rate taggart pays, ebit, or the tax rate. which of the following is likely to occur if the company goes ahead with the stock issue? a. the roa will decline.b. taxable income will decline.c. the tax bill will increase.d. net income will decrease.e. the times-interest-earned ratio will decrease