1. Celest Corporation's stock returns have a ,8 with the market of 1.21. The company has issued perpetual debt, and pays interest at the rate of 11%. The market value of Celest's debt is 24M. There are 4M shares of Celest's stock outstanding, and the price per share is $15. The tax rate is 34%, the Treasury bill rate of return is 7%, and the risk premium is 8.5%. Celest must decide Whether to purchase additional capital equipment (this will expand the scale of Celest's current operations). The cost of the equipment is $27.5M The expected after-tax cash ows are 9M for a period of 5 years. Assuming that Celest's ratio of debt to equity will remain the same with the purchase of the equipment, and that it will not change for the next ve years. Should Celest purchase the equipment