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Luther is a successful logistical services firm that currently has $5 billion in cash.Luther has decided to use this cash to repurchase shares from its investors,and has already announced the stock repurchase plan.Currently Luther is an all-equity firm with 1.25 billion shares outstanding.Luther's shares are currently trading at $20 per share.
-With perfect capital markets,what is the market value of Luther's equity after the share repurchase?

• A)$15 billion
• B)$10 billion
• C)$25 billion
• D)$20 billion

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