1 A low-geared company is more able to survive a downturn in profit than a highly-geared company. 2 If a company has a high price earnings ratio, this will often indicate that the market expects its profits to rise. 3 All companies should try to achieve a current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) of 2:1.
The learning rate was actually better than expected and only (i) could cause it to improve.
The method of apportioning general fixed costs is not required to calculate the break-even sales revenue.