Suppose Alcatel-Lucent has an equity cost of capital of 10%, market capitalization of $10.8 billion, and an enterprise value of $14.4 billion. Suppose Alcatel-Lucent’s debt cost of capital is 6.1% and its marginal tax rate is 35%.

a. What is Alcatel-Lucent’s WACC?

b. If Alcatel-Lucent maintains a constant debt-equity ratio, what is the value of a project with average risk and the following expected free cash flows?

Year 0 1 2 3 FCF -100 50 100 70

c. If Alcatel-Lucent maintains its debt-equity ratio, what is the debt capacity of the project in part b?