Garvin Enterprises is considering a project that has the following cash flow and WACC data. What is the project's discounted payback? Enter your answer rounded to two decimal places. For example, if your answer is 12.345 then enter as 12.35 in the answer box. WACC: 8% Year: 0 1 2 3 Cash flows: -$1,100 $550 $550 $550

Thomson Media is considering investing in some new equipment whose data are shown below. The equipment has a 3-year class life and will be depreciated by the MACRS depreciation system, and it will have a positive pre-tax salvage value at the end of Year 3, when the project will be closed down. Also, some new working capital will be required, but it will be recovered at the end of the project's life. Revenues and cash operating costs are expected to be constant over the project's 3-year life. What is the project's NPV? Enter your answer rounded to two decimal places. Do not enter $ or comma in the answer box. For example, if your answer is $12,300.456 then enter as 12300.46 in the answer box.

WACC 14.0% Net investment in fixed assets (depreciable basis) $60,000 Required new working capital $10,000 Sales revenues, each year $75,000 Operating costs excl. depr'n, each year $30,000 Expected pretax salvage value $7,000 Tax rate

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Hazel Morrison, a mutual fund manager, has a $60 million portfolio with a beta of 1.00. The risk-free rate is 3.25%, and the market risk premium is 6.00%. Hazel expects to receive an additional $40 million, which she plans to invest in additional stocks. After investing the additional funds, she wants the fund's required and expected return to be 12%. What must the average beta of the new stocks be to achieve the target required rate of return? Enter your answer rounded to two decimal places. For example, if your answer is 123.45% or 1.2345 then enter as 1.23 in the answer box.