Consider your current uses of tap water. Think about some of the ways that you use water that are beyond what is necessary to sustain life. a. If the price of tap water triples, what are some likely changes that you will make to your consumption of tap water?
A. decrease the length of your showers
B. turn water off while brushing your teeth
C. leave water running while brushing your teeth
D. increase the length of your showers
b. In general, the consumption of tap water obey the law of demand.

Which of the following accurately describes one way that individual goods differ from public goods? a. people can be excluded from using individual goods if they don't pay. b. all individual goods are normal goods. c. demand for individual goods is always inelastic. d. consumer rivalry results in decreasing marginal utility for individual goods.2b2t

If a firm plans to issue new stock, flotation costs (investment bankers' fees) should not be ignored. there are two approaches to use to account for flotation costs. the first approach is to add the sum of flotation costs for the debt, preferred, and common stock and add them to the initial investment cost. because the investment cost is increased, the project's expected return is reduced so it may not meet the firm's hurdle rate for acceptance of the project. the second approach involves adjusting the cost of common equity as follows: . the difference between the flotation-adjusted cost of equity and the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment represents the flotation cost adjustment. quantitative problem: barton industries expects next year's annual dividend, d1, to be $1.90 and it expects dividends to grow at a constant rate g = 4.3%. the firm's current common stock price, p0, is $22.00. if it needs to issue new common stock, the firm will encounter a 6% flotation cost, f. assume that the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment is 12% and the cost of old common equity is 11.5%. what is the flotation cost adjustment that must be added to its cost of retaine

73. calculate the weighted average cost of capital (wacc) based on the following information: the equity multiplier is 1.66; the interest rate on debt is 13%; the required return to equity holders is 22%; and the tax rate is 35%. (a) 15.6% (b) 16.0% (c) 15.0% (d) 16.6% (e) none of the above