Melissa Cutt is thinking about buying some shares of EZLawn$$ Equipment, at $ $38\mathrm{.}37$ per share. She expects the price of the stock to rise to $ $40\mathrm{.}52$ over the next $3$ years. During that time she also expects to receive annual dividends of $ $6\mathrm{.}93$ per share.

a$.$ What is the intrinsic worth of this$$ stock, given a required rate of return of $8\%?$