Backyard Tavern Has a Beta of 1

question 104

Multiple Choice

Backyard Tavern has a beta of 1.5 and a cost of equity of 13.2 %. The risk-free rate of return is 4.2 %. Backyard is considering a project with a beta of 1.7 and a project life of eight years. An appropriate discount rate for the project is:

• A) 10.80 %.
• B) 12.16 %.
• C) 14.40 %.
• D) 15.84 %.
• E) 18.00 %.

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