A Levered Firm Has a Pretax Cost of Debt of 6.8

question 23

Multiple Choice

A levered firm has a pretax cost of debt of 6.8 percent and an unlevered cost of capital of 13.4 percent.The tax rate is 34 percent,and the cost of equity is 16.06 percent.What is the debt-equity ratio?

• A)0.57
• B)0.45
• C)0.51
• D)0.47
• E)0.61

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Definitions:

Reward-to-Variability Ratio

A measure of the return on an investment relative to its risk, higher values indicate better risk-adjusted returns.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the variability or dispersion of a set of data points or the volatility of an investment's returns.

Risk-Free Rate

The theoretical rate of return on an investment with zero risk, typically represented by the yield on government securities.

Firm-Specific Risk

This is the type of risk that affects only a particular company or industry, not the entire market or economy.