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question 30

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Monsters Incorporated (MI) is ready to launch a new product.Depending upon the success of this product,MI will have a value of either $100 million,$150 million,or $191 million,with each outcome being equally likely.The cash flows are unrelated to the state of the economy (i.e.risk from the project is diversifiable) so that the project has a beta of 0 and a cost of capital equal to the risk-free rate,which is currently 5%.Assume that the capital markets are perfect.
-Assuming that in the event of default,20% of the value of MI's assets will be lost in bankruptcy costs,the initial value of MI's equity without leverage is closest to:

• A)$150 million.
• B)$147 million.
• C)$140 million.
• D)$133 million.

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