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Alphabet ( GOOGL ) has yet to pay a dividend, but in spring 2 0 1 8 it announced it would repurchase $ 8 .

Alphabet (GOOGL) has yet to pay a dividend, but in spring 2018 it announced it would repurchase $8.5 billion worth of
shares over the year. (Actually, the exact amount was $8,589,869,056-known as a "perfect" number because it is
equal to the sum of its divisors). If the amount spent on share repurchases were expected to grow by 7.1% per year,
and Alphabet's equity cost of capital is 8.3%, estimate Alphabet's market capitalization. If Alphabet has 722 million
shares outstanding, what stock price does this correspond to?
The share price is $
(Round to the nearest cent.)
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