Silo Mills is an all-equity financed firm that has a beta of 1.18 and a cost of equity of 12.2 percent. The risk-free rate of return is 2.9 percent. The firm is currently considering a project that has a beta of 1.03 and a project life of six years. What discount rate should be assigned to this project? O 11.56% O 11.20% O 11.02% O 10.56%

Silo Mills is an all-equity financed firm that has a beta of 1.18 and a cost of equity of 12.2 percent. The risk-free rate of return is 2.9 percent. The firm is currently considering a project that has a beta of 1.03 and a project life of six years. What discount rate should be assigned to this project? O 11.56% O 11.20% O 11.02% O 10.56%

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Chapter11: Capital Budgeting And Risk

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