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please include steps and explanations! thanks Suppose Great Ride Company's stock is trading for $100 a share while Shooting Star Company's stock goes for $50

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Suppose "Great Ride" Company's stock is trading for $100 a share while "Shooting Star" Company's stock goes for $50 a share. The EPS of "Great Ride" is \$2 while the EPS of "shooting Star" is \$5. Neither company has debt in its current capital structure. Both companies have one million shares of stock outstanding. A) If "Great Ride" can acquire "Shootinfg Star" for stock in an exchange based on market value, what should be the post-merger EPS? B) Suppose "Great Ride" pays a premium of 20% in excess of "Shooting Star's" current market value. How many shares of "Great Ride" must be given to "Shooting Star's" shareholders for each of their shares? C) Based on your results in B, what will "Great Ritie's" EPS be after it acquires "Shooting Star'? D) If "Shooting Star" were to acquire "Great Ride" by offering a 20% premium in excess of "Great Ride's" current market price, how many shares of stock would "Shooting Star" have to offer, and what would be the effect on "Shooting Star's" EPS

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