Old school financial ratios question (2001 Business Studies HSC)

A got a viewer request to look at this financial ratios question from 2001.

The format is very different from the types of financial ratio questions today in the Business Studies HSC...but the point of the question is super relevant for us because the content is the same.

We need to be able to successfully interpret this type of information to succeed in the finance questions. You need to know that a rise in debt leads to a worsening in solvency.

If it sounds like I'm kinda whispering, it's because I was. I was trying not to wake up my family.

Here's a link to the exam (it's Q18)"