Use the Following Information to Answer the Question(s)below

question 22

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below.
Galt Industries is trading for $20 per share and has 25 million shares outstanding.Galt Industries has a debt-equity ratio of 0.4 and its debt is zero coupon debt with a ten-year maturity and a yield to maturity of 8%.
-In describing Galt's equity as a call option,the maturity of this option is:

• A)5 years.
• B)10 years.
• C)20 years.
• D)infinite.

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Definitions:

AP

Advanced Placement, a program in the United States and Canada offering college-level curriculum and examinations to high school students.

AVC

Average Variable Cost; the total variable costs divided by the number of units produced, indicating the variable expense per unit of output.

MP

Marginal Product, which refers to the increase in output that results from employing an additional unit of input, holding all other inputs constant.

Average Fixed Cost

Average Fixed Cost refers to the total fixed costs (costs that do not change with the level of output) divided by the quantity of output produced. It decreases as production increases.