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question 13

Multiple Choice

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The Aardvark Corporation is considering launching a new product and is trying to determine an appropriate discount rate for evaluating this new product.Aardvark has identified the following information for three single division firms that offer products similar to the one Aardvark is interested in launching:
-The unlevered cost of capital for Anteater Enterprises is closest to:

• A)10.1%.
• B)9.5%.
• C)9.9%.
• D)10.3%.

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Definitions:

Investments

The act of allocating resources, usually money, with the expectation of generating an income or profit.

Compound Leverage Factor

A metric used to evaluate the effectiveness of using borrowed funds or financial derivatives to increase investment returns.

Debt Percentage

The proportion of a company's total liabilities to its total assets, indicating the degree of leverage used by the company.

Pretax Profits

Earnings of a company before income tax expense has been deducted.