Backyard Tavern Has a Beta of 1

question 280

Multiple Choice

Backyard Tavern has a beta of 1.5 and a cost of equity of 13.2 percent. The risk-free rate of return is 4.2 percent. 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 percent.
• B) 12.16 percent.
• C) 14.40 percent.
• D) 15.84 percent.
• E) 18.00 percent.

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