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question 10

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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.
-Suppose that MI has zero-coupon debt with a $125 million face value due next year.The yield to maturity of MI's debt is closest to:

• A)12.5%.
• B)7.8%.
• C)25.0%.
• D)5.0%.

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