Answer:
EBIT should fall by more than 75%
Explanation:
Interest cove is he number of times a company Earnings before interest and tax covers the interest payment.
Current Interest cover = 4 times.
This implies that the current EBIT is 4 times the interest payment, meaning that the interest payment would be 1.
So for the interest cover to fall below a ratio of 1, then the EBIT should fall from 4 to a figure below 1, this will represent a change of 3 units
The percentage decline should be greater than
= (4-1/4) × 100
= 75%
So for the times interest earned to fall below 1, then the EBIT should fall by more than 75%