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question 45

Multiple Choice

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Consider two firms,With and Without,that have identical assets that generate identical cash flows.Without is an all-equity firm,with 1 million shares outstanding that trade for a price of $24 per share.With has 2 million shares outstanding and $12 million in debt at an interest rate of 5%.
-Assume that MM's perfect capital market conditions are met and that you can borrow and lend at the same 5% rate as With.You have $5000 of your own money to invest and you plan on buying With stock.Using homemade (un) leverage,how much do you need to invest at the risk-free rate so that the payoff of your account will be the same as a $5000 investment in Without stock?

• A)$5000
• B)$0
• C)$2500
• D)$4000

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