Multidivisional Companies with Diverse Operations Should Use an Interest Rate

question 40

Multiple Choice

Multidivisional companies with diverse operations should use an interest rate for discounting a specific division's estimated cash flows in capital budgeting that is representative of:

• A)the entire firm's cost of capital.
• B)the riskiness of the specific division's cash flows.
• C)the cost of capital obtained through the application of the pure play method.
• D)Either b or c

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