Derrick Coleman, a forward for the New Jersey Nets, has been offered a seven-year, $ 75 million contract, where he will be paid $9 million a year for the next three years, and $12 million a year for the following four years. The appropriate discount rate is 8%. What is the present value of this contract

Beranek corp has $720,000 of assets, and it uses no debt--it is financed only with common equity. the new cfo wants to employ enough debt to raise the debt/assets ratio to 40%, using the proceeds from borrowing to buy back common stock at its book value. how much must the firm borrow to achieve the target debt ratio? a. $273,600b. $288,000c. $302,400d. $317,520e. $333,396