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You are considering a project which requires $136,000 in external financing. The flotation cost of equity is 11 % and the cost of debt is 4.5 %. You wish to maintain a debt-equity ratio of.45. What is the initial cost of the project including the flotation costs?
Multiple Choice
$149,422
$143,367
$155,283
$138,009
$154,004
Calculation of weight | |||||
Debt | 45% | 45%/145% | 31.03% | ||
Equity | 100% | 100%/145% | 68.97% | ||
Total | 145% | ||||
Calculation of Floatation cost | |||||
Project cost | 136000 | ||||
Assumed total floatation cost | X | ||||
Total funding required | (136000+X) | ||||
Source | Weight | Flotation cost | Flotation cost | Flotation cost | Flotation cost |
Debt | (136000+X)*31.03% | 4.50% | (136000+X)*31.03%*4.5% | (136000+X)*1.40% | 1899.31+ 0.014 X |
Equity | (136000+X)*68.97% | 11.00% | (136000+X)*68.97%*11% | (136000+X)*7.59% | 10317.24+ 0.076 X |
Total | 12216.55+0.0898 X | ||||
Total floatation cost so computed is equal to the assumed total fixed cost of X | |||||
12216.55+0.0898 X= | X | ||||
(1-0.0898) * X= | 12216.55172 | ||||
X= | 12216.5517241379/0.910172413793103 | ||||
X= | $ 13,422 | ||||
So total cost including flotation cost= | 136000+13422 | ||||
So total cost including flotation cost= | $ 149,422 | ||||
So option 1 is the right answer. |