Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is considering a business expansion to the gambling industry by acquiring a casino which generates $20 million free cash flow per year indefinitely. The risk-free rate of return is 5% and the market risk premium, over and above the risk-free rate, is 10%. Berkshire estimates that the beta of the casino is 1.2, and plans to maintain the debt-equity ratio of the casino to be one. Berkshire has recently issued bonds which pay an annual coupon of 4% and have a yield to maturity of 5%. Berkshire faces a 40% tax rate. What is the maximum price Berkshire would pay for the casino in order for the acquisition to be acceptable? a. $200.0 million
b. $150.0 million
c. $181.8 million
d. $400.0 million
e. $117.6 million

Abakery wants to determine how many trays of doughnuts it should prepare each day. demand is normal with a mean of 5 trays and standard deviation of 1 tray. if the owner wants a service level of at least 95%, how many trays should he prepare (rounded to the nearest whole tray)? assume doughnuts have no salvage value after the day is complete.

Afirm's before-tax cost of debt, rd, is the interest rate that the firm must pay on debt. because interest is tax deductible, the relevant cost of debt used to calculate a firm's wacc is the cost of debt, rd (1 – t). the cost of debt is used in calculating the wacc because we are interested in maximizing the value of the firm's stock, and the stock price depends on cash flows. it is important to emphasize that the cost of debt is the interest rate on debt, not debt because our primary concern with the cost of capital is its use in capital budgeting decisions. the rate at which the firm has borrowed in the past is because we need to know the cost of capital. for these reasons, the on outstanding debt (which reflects current market conditions) is a better measure of the cost of debt than the . the on the company's -term debt is generally used to calculate the cost of debt because more often than not, the capital is being raised to fund -term projects. quantitative problem: 5 years ago, barton industries issued 25-year noncallable, semiannual bonds with a $1,600 face value and a 8% coupon, semiannual payment ($64 payment every 6 months). the bonds currently sell for $845.87. if the firm's marginal tax rate is 40%, what is the firm's after-tax cost of debt? round your answer to 2 decimal places. do not round intermediate calcu

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