A grоup оf high schоol students cаme up with аn experimentаl design to measure which type of paper towel is the strongest. They purchased a store brand paper towel and a name brand paper towel. They labeled the store brand as "Paper Towel A", and the name brand as "Paper Towel B". They also purchased distilled water to use in their experiment. While in the lab, they placed 1000 mL of distilled water in two graduated cylinders, and labeled them "Cylinder A" and "Cylinder B" to coincide with the paper towel labels. One sheet of each type of towel was placed over separate empty 500 mL beakers and secured with Staples #19 rubber bands. They slowly added single drops of water from cylinder A onto paper towel A until the paper towel was torn. They then placed the remaining water left in the dropper back into the prospective cylinder A and measured the amount of water still remaining in the cylinder. The same was done with paper towel B and cylinder B. Their conclusion was that the store brand paper towel is stronger, because cylinder A contained the most amount of water. Which of the following is the DEPENDENT variable in this experiment?
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Yоur firm is plаnning tо invest in а prоject. Comoros Industries is аn all-equity firm that specializes in this business. Suppose the equity beta of Comoros is 0.85, the risk-free rate is 5%, and the market risk premium is 6%. a. If your firm's project is all-equity financed, estimate its cost of capital. (10 pts) After computing the project's cost of capital you decided to look for other comparables to reduce estimation error in your cost of capital estimate. You find a second firm, Solomon Design, which is also engaged in a similar line of business. Solomon has a stock price of $20 per share, with 14 million shares outstanding. It also has $120 million in outstanding debt, with a yield on the debt of 4.5%. Solomon's equity beta is 1.20. b. Assume Solomon's debt has a beta of zero. Estimate Solomon's unlevered beta. Use the unlevered beta and the CAPM to estimate Solomon's unlevered cost of capital. (15 pts)