The firm's tax rate is 34%. the firm's pre-tax cost of debt is 8%; the firm's debt-to-equity ratio is 3; the risk-free rate is 3%; the beta of the firm's common stock is 1.5; the market risk premium is 9%.

calculate the weighted average cost of capital.

a) 8.09%

b) 8.51%

c) 9.05%

d) 9.57%

e) 9.76%

Bayside began 2014 with an inventory t-account debit balance of $155,000. inventory purchases during the year amounted to $75,000. there were no inventory-related write-downs or losses. what is its december 31, 2014, inventory account balance?

The typical consumer's food basket in the base year 2015 is as follows: 30 chickens at $4 each 10 hams at $5 each 10 steaks at $8 each a chicken feed shortage causes the price of chickens to rise to $5.00 each in the year 2016. hams rise to $7.00 each, and the price of steaks is unchanged. a. calculate the change in the "cost-of-eating" index between 2015 and 2016. year cost of the basket 2015 $ 2016 $ instructions: enter your responses rounded to one decimal place. the official cost-of-eating index has by %. b. suppose that consumers are completely indifferent between two chickens and one ham. for this example, how large is the substitution bias in the official "cost-of-eating" index? the in the cost-of-eating index is %. the of inflation in the cost of eating reflects substitution bias.

What is the relationship between the national response framework and the national incident management system (nims)? a. the national response framework replaces the nims, which is now obsolete. b. the response protocols and structures described in the national response framework align with the nims, and all nims components support response. c. the nims relates to local, state, and territorial operations, whereas the nrf relates strictly to federal operations. d. the nims and the national response framework cover different aspects of incident management—the nims is focused on tactical planning, and the national response framework is focused on coordination.