Helms Aircraft has a capital structure that consists of 60 percent debt and 40 percent common stock. The firm will be able to use retained earnings to fund the equity portion of its capital budget. The company recently issued bonds with a yield to maturity of 9 percent. The risk-free rate is 6 percent, the market risk premium is 6 percent, and Helms' beta is equal to 1.5. If the company's tax rate is 35 percent, what is the company's weighted average cost of capital (WACC)

You are working on a bid to build two city parks a year for the next three years. this project requires the purchase of $249,000 of equipment that will be depreciated using straight-line depreciation to a zero book value over the three-year project life. ignore bonus depreciation. the equipment can be sold at the end of the project for $115,000. you will also need $18.000 in net working capital for the duration of the project. the fixed costs will be $37000 a year and the variable costs will be $148,000 per park. your required rate of return is 14 percent and your tax rate is 21 percent. what is the minimal amount you should bid per park? (round your answer to the nearest $100) (a) $214,300 (b) $214,100 (c) $212,500 (d) $208,200 (e) $208,400

Anita has been named ceo of a popular sports apparel company. as ceo, she is tasked with setting the firm's corporate strategy. which of the following decisions is anita most likely to makea) whether to pursue a differentiation or cost leadership strategy b) which customer segments to target c) how to achieve the highest levels of customer satisfaction d) what range of products the firm should offer

Is quadrilateral jklm the result of a dilation of quadrilateralabcd by a scale factor of 2? why or why not? o yes, because sides jk and ml are twice as long assides ab and dc. yes, because both figures are parallelograms, socorresponding sides are parallelno, because sides jk and ml are not twice as long assides ab and dc. no, because sides jm and kl have different slopesfrom sides ad and bc.