Answer:
has EBIT equal to 3.5 times its interest expense.
Explanation:
The times-interest-earned represent how much pressure the interest expense represent for the firm.
the interest expense affect taxes so we use the earning before taxes and, of course, before interest as well.
Therefore we compare EBIT against interest expense
[tex]\frac{EBIT}{interest \: \: \: expense}[/tex]
A lower than 1 meas the company cannot pay their interest
above 1 menas it can pay them.
Then, is up to each creditor how much TIE is required to allow for lending to the firm