HQZ Inc., has just paid a dividend of $4.49 per share and has announced that it will increase thedividend by $2.36 per share for each of the next four years, and then never pay another dividend. Ifyou require a return of 7 percent on the company's stock, how much will you pay for a share today?Answer to two decimals.

Present value of all the dividends paid for next 4 years is the price expected to be paid. Dividends…

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