Verano Inc. has two business divisions- a software product line and a waste water clean-up product line. The software business has a cost of equity capital of 10% and the waste water clean-upbusiness has a cost of equity capital of 5%. Verano has 50% of its revenue from software and the rest from the waste water business. Verano is considering a purchase of another company in the wastewater business using equity financing. What is the appropriate cost of capital to evaluate the business?OA. 7.5%OB. 7%OC. 5%OD. 10%

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