A particular whale always gives out a vocalization of 40Hz….
A particular whale always gives out a vocalization of 40Hz. It is swimming towards you and you are not moving. With what speed (in m/s) must it be moving for you to hear it as [h]Hz? Take the speed of sound in water to be 1500m/s
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Firm ABC uses no debt, its beta is 1.10, and its tax rate is 40%. However, the CFO is considering moving to a capital structure with 30% debt and 70% equity. If the risk-free rate is 5.0% and the market risk premium is 6.0%, by how much would the capital structure shift increase the firm’s cost of equity?
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Firm ABC is trying to determine its optimal capital structure. The company’s capital structure consists of debt and common stock. In order to estimate the cost of debt, the company has produced the following table: Percent Financed with Debt (WD) Percent Financed with Equity (WE) Pre-Tax Cost of Debt 10% 90% 6.0% 30% 70% 8.0% 50% 50% 9.0% 70% 30% 11.0% The company’s tax rate, T, is 40 percent. The company uses the CAPM to estimate its cost of common equity, rs. The risk-free rate is 5 percent and the market risk premium is 6 percent. Firm ABC estimates that if it had no debt its beta would be 1.2. What is the firm’s WACC under an optimal capital structure? Please input your answer in decimal form. If the WACC is 5.74%, please input .0574.
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