Acort Industries owns assets that will have an 80% probability of having a market value of $50 million in one year. There is a 20% chance that the assets will be worth only $20 million. The current risk-free rate is 5%, and Acorts assets have a cost of capital of 10%. (5 Marks)

a. If Acort is unlevered, what is the current market value of its equity?

b. Suppose instead that Acort has debt with a face value of $20 million due in one year. According to MM, what is the value of Acorts equity in this case?

c. What is the expected return of Acorts equity without leverage? What is the expected return of Acorts equity with leverage?

d. What is the lowest possible realized return of Acorts equity with and without leverage?