Firm D is an unlisted private firm. Hence, there are no stock return data to estimate the equity beta of the firm D. The firm D has the debt to equity (D/E) ratio of 0.7. The firm Ds tax rate is 35%. And the average industry tax rate (t) is 35%

Assume there are only three other firms (A, B and C) in the industry as shown below in the table. The table shows equity betas of the firms with the debt to equity ratios.

The firm D wants to use the information available from its industry to determine its equity beta. Find out the firm Ds equity beta. (Hint: use unlever and re-lever procedures)

Company	Equity beta	D/E
A	1.5	1.2
B	1.4	1.1
C	0.9	0.7

a) greater than 1.15 b)greater than 1.06 but less than 1.15 c)less than 1.0 d)greater than 1.0 but less than 1.06