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question 74

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below.
Wyatt Oil is considering an investment in a new project with an unlevered cost of capital of 11%.Wyatt's corporate tax rate is 21% and its debt cost of capital is 6%.The project has free cash flows of $25 million per year which are expected to decline by 3% per year.
-If Wyatt adjusts its debt once per year to maintain a constant debt-equity ratio of 50%,then the appropriate WACC for this new project is closest to:

• A)7.5%.
• B)8.67%.
• C)10.27%.
• D)10.8%.

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