Synergy between two companies:

A. is the complimentary situation where value is created in the joining of the firms.

B. may result in the improvement of the acquirer's bottom line.

C. could be defined by purely qualitative benefits.

D. A and C.

E. A, B, and C.

Compound rates, not discount rates, are used in an attempt to?

A. screen out weak investments.

B. quantify the firm's opportunity costs.

C. quantify the firm's risk.

D. A and B.

E. none of the above.