Assume the following: the investor's required rate of return is 13.5 percent, • the expected level of earnings at the end of this year (E₁) is $6, • the retention ratio is 40 percent, • the return on equity (ROE) is 15 percent (that is, it can earn 15 percent on reinvested earnings), and • similar shares of stock sell at multiples of 8.000 times earnings per share. Questions: a. Determine the expected growth rate for dividends. b. Determine the price earnings ratio (P/E₁). c. What is the stock price using the P/E ratio valuation method? d. What is the stock price using the dividend discount model? e. What would happen to the P/E ratio (P/E₁) and stock price if the company increased its retention rate to 75 percent (holding all else constant)? What would happen to the P/E ratio (P/E₁) and stock price if the company paid out all its earnings in the form of dividends? f. What have you learned about the relationship between the retention rate and the P/E ratios