15-17. Armand Goldman owns 60 shares of East Asia Shipping Company stock and has $750 in cash for investment. The company has offered a rights issue in which purchasing a new stock would require four rights plus $50 in cash. Current market value of the stock is $62.

a. Calculate the value of a right if the stock is selling rights-on.

b. Should Armand participate in the rights offering by buying as many shares as he can, or sell his rights and keep the shares he already owns at a diluted value?