2/3- Consider two firms that are both in the paper industry and have exactly the same business risk. Both firms are taxable at a marginal rate of 21%. If firm 1 has a target leverage ratio of 20% and firm 2 has a target leverage ratio of 10%, then

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firm 1 will have the same after-tax WACC as firm 2.

firm 1 will have a lower after-tax WACC than firm 2.

there is not enough information to determine which firm will have a higher after-tax WACC.

firm 1 will have a higher after-tax WACC than firm 2.

Suppose you own a call option on Apple stock with a strike price of $150. The option will expire one year from today. Suppose Apple will not pay dividends in the next year. The annual risk-free rate of interest is 3%. The current stock price of Apple is $170 per share and Apples returns have an annual volatility of 25%. Which of the following factors would decrease the value of your option (holding everything else constant)?

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All of these factors would increase the value of the option.

An increase in the volatility of Apples returns to 30%.

An increase in Apples stock price to $190.

A decrease in the risk-free rate of interest to 2%.