1) Alpha Industries is considering a project with an initial cost of $9.7 million. The project will produce cash inflows of $1.67 million per year for 9 years. The project has the same risk as the firm. The firm has a pretax cost of debt of 6.12 percent and a cost of equity of 11.61 percent. The debt–equity ratio is .77 and the tax rate is 40 percent. What is the net present value of the project?

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The historical returns for the past four years for Stock C and the market portfolio are Stock C: 10 percent, 30 percent, 20 percent, 20 percent; market portfolio: 5 percent, 15 percent, 25 percent, 15 percent. Calculate the beta for Stock C.