The Cost of Capital Is

question 2

Multiple Choice

The cost of capital is

• A) the minimum return that a capital budgeting project must earn for it to be accepted.
• B) the maximum return a project can earn.
• C) the return that a previous project for the firm had earned.
• D) none of the above.

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