Southern Alliance Company needs to raise $120 million to start a new project and will raise the money by selling new bonds. The company will generate no internal equity for the foreseeable future. The company has a target capital structure of 55 percent common stock, 15 percent preferred stock, and 30 percent debt. Flotation costs for issuing new common stock are 8 percent, for new preferred stock, 5 percent, and for new debt, 3 percent.
What is the true initial cost figure the company should use when evaluating its project? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, rounded to the nearest whole dollar amount, e.g., 1,234,567.)

Answer:

$127,727,515

Explanation:

Calculation to determine the true initial cost figure Southern should use when evaluating its project

First step is to find the weighted average flotation cost.

Weighted average flotation cost= .55(.08) + .15(.05) + .30(.03)

Weighted average flotation cost= .044+.0075+.009

Weighted average flotation cost= .0605*100

Weighted average flotation cost=6.05%

Now let determine the true initial cost figure

True initial cost figure=(1 – .0605) = $120,000,000

True initial cost figure = $120,000,000 / (1 – .0605)

True initial cost figure = $120,000,000 / .9395

= $127,727,515

Therefore the true initial cost figure Southern should use when evaluating its project is $127,727,515

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- Answer all the questions provided.
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- Calculators are allowed.

1. A kitchenware company asked 10 customers the number of times they used the specialty cooking equipment they bought from the company in the last month:

4 6 8 6 7 2 1 8 12 10

A) Calculate the mean number of uses in the last month.
[5 marks]

B) Calculate the standard deviation. Make sure to show your calculations.
[15 marks]


2. A drilling company has estimated a 60% chance of striking oil for their new well. A detailed test has been scheduled. Historically, 40% of successful wells have had detailed test, and 10% of unsuccessful wells have had detailed test.

A) Given that this well has been scheduled for a detailed test, what is the probability that the well will be successful? Use Bayes’ Theorem.
[10 marks]


B) Would you say that the probability of successful drilling and the probability of having a detailed test are independent? Explain your answer using probabilities.
[10 marks]


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A) Why do you think investigating sample is more efficient for statistical control than investigating an entire population?
[5 marks]

B) What sample size is large enough to assume that the sampling distribution of proportion is normally distributed?
[5 marks]


C) Can 100% confidence level be used to determine a population parameter?
[5 marks]


D) What happens to confidence intervals when the confidence level is increased?
[5 marks]





4. A company claims that the average consumer buys 50 bars of chocolate in a calendar year Suppose a random sample of 100 consumers displayed the following statistics regarding the number of chocolate bars consumed in a year: X-bar=40, S=25.

A) What are the null and alternative hypotheses to determine if the number of chocolates consumed in a year is actually more or less than 50?
[5 marks]


B) What would be the value of the test statistic in this case?
[5 marks]


C) Considering that a confidence level of 5% for a normally distributed sample corresponds to a statistic score of ±1.96, what is your inference of the outcome in (B)?
[5 marks]

D) Explain briefly what are the Type I and Type II errors.
[5 marks]


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SST = 110.00
SSR = 90.25
n = 200

A) Determine the coefficient of determination r2 and interpret its meaning.
[8 marks]


B) Determine the standard error of the estimate.
[7 marks]

C) How useful do you think this regression model is for predicting the performance of students on exams by the variation of the time spent studying?
[5 marks]

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take over the EPA's authority to impose pollution control programs

not permit pollutants to be discharged from pipes or man-made ditches into navigable waters

regulate pollutants discharged into US waters

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B) Mighty Manny has a warehouse in Illinois.
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establish the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)

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